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OFFICIAL DIGEST 



COMPILATION OF THE LAWS, DECISIONS AND 
ENACTMENTS 



Supreme Lodge 



«' KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS, 

FROM ITS ORGANIZATION, AUGUST 11, 1868, TO AND IN- 
CLUDING THE CENTENNIAL YEAR, 1876. 



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Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1877, 

By S. S. Davis, Supreme Chancellor, and Joseph Dowdall, Supreme Keeper of 
Records and Seal, 

FOR THE SUPREME LODGE, KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS, 

In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. 



S. A. Glenn, 

Printer and Eleetrotyper, 
Columbus, Ohio. 



EXPLANATORY. 



At the Eighth Annual Session of the Supreme Lodge, 
held at the city of Philadelphia, in August, 1876, the follow- 
ing resolution was adopted : 

Resolved, That the Digest of Laws, prepared by Eepresentative 
Oylek, be referred to the Supreme Chancellor and Supreme Keeper of 
Eecords and Seal, with authority to make such additions and correc- 
tions thereto, as the legislation of this session may require, or an exam- 
ination may in their judgment render proper, and with the further 
authority to print and promulgate the same when the finances of the 
Supreme Lodge justify. 

Not being able to devote the time required in the prepa- 
ration of an "Official Digest," we arranged with Brother F. 
P. Dann, P. G. C. and Supreme Representative of the Grand 
Jurisdiction of California, to take the work in charge. His 
previous experience in works of a similar character, led us 
to believe that he would prepare a Digest, systematic in 
arrangement, and complete in matter, which would meet the 
requirements of our Order. All documents required for the 
work were placed in his hands, and he has given it much 
time and careful preparation. We feel confident that the 
result of his labors will meet the hearty approval of the 
Lodges and members, and supply a want which has long 
been felt and expressed. We do not hesitate to recommend 
it to the Order as being practically correct, and so carefully 



EXPLANATORY. 



arranged and indexed, that all can find every decision in its 
proper place. 

We trust that every member of the Order will obtain a 

copy without delay, and that Lodges, Subordinate and Grand, 

will procure the "Official Digest " at once for the use of their 

officers. 

Believing that the work, 

as prepared, will meet the 

approval of all, 

We are, fraternally, 

S. S. DAVIS, 

Supreme Chancellor. 

JOSEPH DOWDALL. 
S. K. of R. and S. 

7/S 

^NIGHTS OF PYTHIAS T 
Columbus, Ohio, July SI, 1877. 




TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



[The references are to pages.] 

PAGE. 

Preface vii 

Historical Sketch ix 

Official Digest — 

Anniversary 1 

Appeals 1, 2 

Arrears 3 

Ayes and Noes 3 

Ballot 3 

Banners 4 

Benefits 4-6 

Blanks 7 

Castle Halls 8 

Chancellor Commander 8 

Charges 9 

Charter Books 9 

Charters 9 

Deputy Supreme Chancellor 10 

Dispensations (see Grand Lodge, p. 16-22 ; Grand Chancellor, 
p. 15, 16; Membership, p. 37-42.) 

Dues 10 

Emblems 11 

Fees 11 

Fines 12 

Flags 12 

Founder of the Order , 13 

Funds 13 

Funerals 14, 15 

Gift Enterprises (see Baffles, p. 57.) 

Grand Chancellor 15, 16 

Grand Keeper of Records and Seal 16 

Grand Lodge 16-22 

Grand Vice Chancellor 22 

Hypothetical Questions .' 23 

Jewels 23 

Laws and Legislation 24 



VI TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

Official Digest — (Continued.) page 

Life Insurance 25 

Local Legislation 25-29 

Lodge, Subordinate 29-37 

Lotteries (see Raffles, p. 57.) 

Maimed Person (see Membership, p. 15-16.) 

Manual of Tactics 37 

Membership 37-42 

Memorial Chart 42 

Name of the Order 42 

Offenses 43 

Office 43 

Officers 44-46 

Official Organ 46 

Official Receipt 46-48 

Page, Esquire and Knight 48 

Passwords 48-51 

Past Chancellor 51-53 

Past Grand Chancellor 53-56 

Past Supreme Chancellor 56 

Public Parades 56 

Pythian Period 56 

Raffles 57 

Ranks 57, 58 

Regalia 58, 59 

Relief Bureaus 59 

Relief Shield (see Traveling Shield, p. 73.) 

Rituals 59-61 

Seal 61, 62 

Supplies 63 

Supreme Chancellor 63, 64 

Supreme Keeper of Records and Seal 64-66 

Supreme Lodge 66-70 

Supreme Representative ..71, 72 

Taxation 73 

Traveling Shield 73 

Trials .' 73 

Uniform 74-8S 

Vice Chancellor SS 

Visitations SS 

Withdrawal Card ! 89, 90 

Work, Written and Unwritten 91 

Incorporation, Certificate of 91-94 

Constitution 95-135 

By-Laws 136-141 

Rules of Order 142-148 

Analytical Index 149-1SS 



PREFACE. 



At the solicitation of the Supreme Chancellor and Su- 
preme Keeper of Records and Seal, in pursuance of the 
manifest desire of the Supreme Lodge, that such a work 
should be prepared, the undersigned has the honor of 
submitting to the Order the following Digest and com- 
pilation of the laws, enactments and decisions of the 
" Supreme Lodge, Knights of Pythias," from its organiza- 
tion to the present time. 

In the preparation of the work, the Author has given 
it the most careful and thoughtful consideration, and it 
is believed that every enactment and decision of the Su- 
preme Lodge, that is now law, and proper to be inserted, 
has been included therein. 

The Certificate of Incorporation, Constitution, Bj'-Laws 
and Rules of Order of the Supreme Lodge, have been 
inserted, immediately following the Digest, and the whole 
supplemented by a complete Analytical Index, alphabeti- 
cally arranged in such a manner as that every subject, 
however incidentally referred to in any portion of the 
work, can be immediately found. 

The various Constitutional provisions have not, as will 
be seen, been inserted as paragraphs in the Digest proper, 
such a course being deemed unnecessary, as by the Index, 
everything bearing upon any given subject may be easily 



found, and a very considerable expense in the way of 
printing has been thereby avoided. 

The various references in connection with the Constitu- 
tion, etc., will enable any one so desiring, to trace the 
history of every section thereof, and the reprint as notes, 
of the Original Constitutions, etc., which are not elsewhere 
to be found, will preserve those documents as so much of 
the history of the Order, which it is feared, will otherwise 
in a few years be lost to the great body of the Member- 
ship ; and the numbering of the various paragraphs of the 
book, in connection with the Analytical Index, will mate- 
rially assist in its examination. 

That inaccuracies will not be found therein can hardly 
be expected, but hoping that they may not be many, and 
that such as there are, may be unimportant; and trust- 
ing that the work may prove as satisfactory to the whole 
Brotherhood of Knights, as the Author in its preparation 
has earnestly and sincerely desired that it might, it is 
now submitted to their honorable and candid considera- 
tion. 

F. P. DANN, 

P. G. C. and Supreme Representative, California. 
July 2, 1877. 



HISTORICAL SKETCH. 



'A BRIEF SKETCH OF THE ORIGINAL HISTORY OF THE 
ORDER OF KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. 



The original meeting at which the Ritual of the Order, Knights 
of Pythias, was first read, and the primary steps taken to establish 
the Order, was held in Mr. Robert A. Champion's room, 369, (old 
number,) F street, near the corner of Ninth street, in the City of 
Washington, D. C, on the evening of February 15th, 1864. There 
was present, on this occasion, Mr. J. H. Rathbone, Mr. Robert A. 
Champion, Mr. D. L. Burnett, Mr. E. S. Kimball, Mr. "W. H. Bur- 
nett, Mr. Chas. H. Roberts and Mr. Driver, members, (with the 
exception of Mr. Champion,) of a vocal society called the Arion Glee 
Club. At a previous meeting of the Club, Mr. Rathbone had stated 
to these gentlemen that he had in his possession the Ritual of a Secret 
Society, which he had written some time before while teaching school 
in the Lake Superior country, and which he was desirous of now 
ushering into existence. Mr. Champion, to whom Mr. Rathbone had 
read his Ritual, while both of them were engaged at the U. S. A. Gen- 
eral Hospital, Germantown, Pa., in 1863, strongly urged the formation 
of a society, to be known as a mutual protection association among the 
clerks of the several Departments of the City of Washington, its 
members to consist of only those in clerical employment. After 
mutual confab on the matter, it was concluded to defer further action 
until the next meeting of the Club, February 15th, at which time, 
after the usual vocal rehearsal, Mr. Rathbone produced his ritual and a 
small Bible. Each of the gentlemen above named were obligated 
upon this Bible not to reveal that which was about to be imparted to 



X HISTORICAL SKETCH. 

them, and immediately afterward Mr. Rathbone began the reading of 
his work. After having finished the opening and closing ceremonies, 
Messrs. Roberts and Driver, having a previous engagement, asked to be 
excused, and left the room, promising, however, to abide by any action 
the others might take in their absence. Upon conclusion of the read- 
ing of the ritual, it was resolved that each gentleman present should 
consider himself a committee of one for the purpose of inviting such 
of his fellow clerks as he deemed would be acceptable, to join with the 
Club in forming the Order. At this time arrangements had just been 
consummated by the Club to take one of the lower rooms in the Tem- 
perance Hall Building on E street, between Ninth and Tenth, for their 
rehearsals, and it was resolved that if a sufficient number of members 
could be obtained, that the meeting should be called on the following 
Friday evening at this hall, the Club to call its rehearsal at 6 P. M., so 
as to enable the gentlemen to meet at or about 8 o'clock. At the 
meeting held Friday evening all present were clerks in the Depart- 
ments, with the exception of Mr. Plant, who had been invited by Mr. 
Rathbone and Mr. Champion, on the Wednesday following the original 
meeting, to join the Order. 

At the meeting held February 19, 1864, owing to the lateness of the 
hour, only the opening and closing ceremonies and the initiatory (now 
First) degree were read. The Second and Third degrees were left to a 
committee appointed by Mr. Rathbone, the W. C. of the Lodge. The 
committees appointed were as follows : On the Second degree, E. S. 
Kimball, R. A. Champion, J. T. K. Plant, W. H. Burnett and J. H. 
Rathbone ; on the Third degree, J. R. Woodruff, D. L. Burnett and J. 
H. Rathbone. 

The degrees, already prepared by Mr. Rathbone, were submitted to 
the committees, and with the exception of an addition to the Third 
degree, suggested by Mr. Woodruff, were approved as read, duly 
reported to the Lodge and adopted." — 1876, Journal, 1272, 1277, 1279. 

From the commencement the membership of the Order 
continued to increase, there being, however, but one Subor- 
dinate, viz : Washington Lodge. On the 8th of April, 1864, 
at Washington, D. C, the Grand Lodge of the District of 
Columbia was organized, which by virtue of its organiza- 



HISTORICAL SKETCH. XI 

tion became the Provisional Supreme Lodge, and so con- 
tinued until the formation of the Supreme Lodge as herein- 
after stated. 

" The Supreme Lodge, Knights of Pythias, which is the only author- 
ized title of that body, was organized at Washington, D. C, on August 
11, 1868, under and in pursuance of a " plan " which had been adopted 
by a Convention, held at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 15, 1868, 
which said "plan" was, prior to the date first above mentioned, ratified 
by all the Grand Lodges then in existence, to-wit, of the District of 
Columbia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland and Delaware. 

That Convention was called agreeably to and in pursuance of Sec- 
tions 1 and 2 of Article XI, of the Constitution of the Grand Lodge of 
the District of Columbia. 

The Supreme Lodge so organized, was composed of all the Past 
Grand Chancellors who were then such in the various Grand Lodges 
above named, and in addition thereto three Representatives from each 
of said Grand Lodges elected for two years, at the same meeting at 
which the " plan " was ratified, their election as such making them 
Past Grand Chancellors. 

By said plan all of the then officers of the said State Grand Lodges 
were also declared Past Grand Chancellors. The Supreme Lodge was 
by said plan after its organization as above, to be hailed, known and 
recognized as the Supreme Authority of the Knights of Pythias of the 
World."— 1868, Journal, 1-15. 

Exercising as it does, Executive, Legislative and Judicial 
functions over the whole Order, in pursuance of laws enacted 
for such purposes, it has continued to extend the bounds of 
its influence, until at this time, through varied experiences 
and vicissitudes, it finds itself, in less than a decade of years, 
exercising its influence and power over nearly one hundred 
thousand members, included within thirty-four Grand Juris- 
dictions, and twenty-six Subordinates outside of such Grand 
Jurisdictions. 



Xll HISTORICAL SKETCH. 

With such a record for the early youth of the Order, what 
may we not expect as its years develop into a strong and 
sturdy manhood, and as the shadows begin to lengthen 
into the mellow quiet of an honorable and victorious old 
age? 

Trusting that no stain shall ever fall upon its fair 
escutcheon, may we not all be permitted to express the 
ardent and sincere hope and wish, that its S} r stem of or- 
ganized charity and benevolence may be in truth and in 
fact perpetual. 

F. P. DANN. 



OFFICIAL DIGEST. 



ANNIVERSARY. 

1. Day of, established. 

Resolved, That the 19th day of February of each Pythian 
Period be, and is hereby declared to be the anniversary of 
the organization of the Order of Knights of Pythias. 

1875, Journal, 1131, 1149. 



APPEALS. 

2. Certified copies of Papers necessary, etc. 

Held, That certified copies of the proceedings of the Grand 
Lodge not having been transmitted to the Supreme Lodge, 
the appeal did not come up in proper form, and the papers 
should be returned to the Grand Lodge. 

1876, Journal, 1309. 

3. To be taken by Party interested, (a) 

Ruled under the Constitution as then existing that only 
the party interested was entitled to appeal from the action 
of a Lodge. 

1875, Journal, 1003, 1102, 1122. 

4. Same. 

An appeal taken by the widow of a deceased member of a 
Lodge, sustained by the Grand and Supreme Lodges. 

1872, Journal, 551-557, 588. 

5. Can only lie from action of Lodge. 

An appeal does not lie from the decision of a Grand Chan- 
cellor, until the same has been acted upon by the Grand 
Lodge. 

1875, Journal, 1102, 1131. 
1S74, Journal, 871, 939. 

1873, Journal, 684-686, 77-1. 

in) The rule of this decision changed by the amendment to Article 
XIX, Constitution of Supreme Lodge. See Sections, 583 588. 



6. Appeal Papers, by whom signed, etc. 

In cases of appeal to the Supreme Lodge, the appeal 
papers should be signed by the Grand Chancellor and Grand 
Keeper of Records and Seal, with the seal of the Grand 
Lodge attached. 

1875, Journal, 1103, 1132. 

1871, Journal, 404. 

7. Grand Lodge action only to be reviewed by. 

A Past Grand Chancellor being deprived of his certificate 
by vote of his Grand Lodge, never having been instructed 
in the Supreme Lodge Rank, desiring to have the action of 
the Grand Lodge reviewed, must take an appeal to the 
Supreme Lodge from such action, in proper form. 

1875, Journal, 1127, 1128, 1129. 

8. Consent must be given, by whom. 

Where the law required the consent of the Grand Lodge 
in order to authorize an appeal, such consent must come 
from the Grand Lodge itself, and cannot be given by the 
Grand Chancellor after the adjournment of the Grand Lodge. 

1873, Journal, 703, 730-733. 

9. When Papers to be sent to the Supreme Lodge, etc. 
Resolved, That all appeals to the Supreme Lodge and 

accompanying papers shall be sent to the S. K. of R. and S., 
at least one month previous to the annual session of the 
Supreme Lodge, (a) The Supreme K. of R. and S. shall at 
that time place all appeals and accompanying papers in 
the hauds of the Chairman of the Committee * * on 
Appeals, to enable said Committee to report fully and 
promptly to the Supreme Lodge at its session. - 

1872, Journal, 562, 563. 

10. Irregularities, when not ground for Appeal. 

The action of the Grand Lodge will not be disturbed, not- 
withstanding irregularities may have occurred in reaching 
the final result, where it appears that the final action is 
correct. 

1872, Journal, 447-452, 574. 

11. Judgment reversed on appeal for want of Evidence. 

The Supreme Lodge reversed the judgment of a Grand 
Lodge by which a member was suspended, the Supreme 
Lodge "not finding any evidence in the case warranting 
suspension." 

1870, Journal. 181, 182, 206. 

(a) See as bearing on this subject Article XIX Supreme Lodge 
Constitution, subsequently adopted. See Sections, 583-588. 



ARREARS — AYES AND NOES — BALLOT. 6 

ARREARS. 

12. Meaning of term, "One Year in Arrears." 

The correct construction of subdivision 21 of Section 2, 
Article VIII, Supreme Lodge Constitution, being in the 
following words : "A member who is one year in arrears 
shall be declared suspended," is, that a member owing for 
twelve months' dues should be declared suspended. 

1876, Journal, 1232, 1266, 1302. 

1873, Journal, 705, 768. 

13. Members in Arrears to be notified. 

Resolved, That when a member is twelve months in 
arrears he should be notified thereof, and the fact of his sus- 
pension declared by the Chancellor Commander in open 
Lodge, and a record thereof made on the minutes. 

1876, Journal, 1232, 1266, 1302. 

14. When Member cannot be declared in Arrears. 

A subordinate Lodge may collect dues in advance, but 
cannot declare a member in arrears for dues who has paid 
the same to the first of a term ; or allow the advance pay- 
ment required to invalidate the member's right to benefits 
or the S.A.P.W. 

1875, Journal, 1042, 1097, 1114, 1121. 



AYES AND NOES. 

15. Calling of. 

As to the calling of the ayes and noes in a Grand Lodge, 
it is a matter entirely local in character and under the con- 
trol of the Grand Lodge itself. 

1873, Journal, 703, 733. 



BALLOT. 

16. Who to inspect and announce. 

A ballot for a candidate for membership should be in- 
spected by the Vice Chancellor, and the result announced 
by the Chancellor Commander. 

1876, Journal, 1227, 1266, 129G. 

17. On application for Membership. 

Under the present law the same ballot must be had upon 
an application for membership by card as by initiation. 

1875, Journal, 1042, 1097, 1114, 1121. 



4 BANNER — BENEFITS. 

BANNERS. 

18. Design adopted. 

A banner for the Order was adopted by the Supreme 
Lodge as follows : 

DESCRIPTION OF BANNER. 

"To be composed of three pieces of silk, of color and sizes 
as follows: Dark blue, size, 18 by 30 inches; Orange yellow, 
size, 18 by 30; Crimson, size, 24 by 36. Colors to be placed 
as per accompanying diagram. The full size of banner to 
be 3 by 4J feet. Shield in center painted in white ; size, 
18 by 24 inches. The device on shield to be the distinction 
of Rank of Lodge — Supreme, Grand or Subordinate. 

To Supreme Lodge — Globe, and in circle around it to 
be the words ''Supreme Lodge of the World, Knights of 
Pythias." 

For Grand Lodges — Grand Lodge or State Seal, and in 

circle around same, Grand Lodge of .".., Knights of 

Pythias. 

To Subordinate Lodges — K. P. cut as on accompanying 
diagram, with name and number of Lodge, together with 
location; on edge of banner all around, fine gold line 
lj inches wide ; on bottom, gold fringe 3 or 3J inches deep. 
Staff to be of oak, or other suitable wood, 7 or 8 feet long ; 
on top of staff, spear head; ball and falcon spear heads on 
ends of cross piece. All marks, devices, designs, etc., on 
banner to be in gold, or gold and black. 

1873, Journal, 687, 688, 708, 740, 742. 



BENEFITS. 

19. For what, cannot be forfeited. 

Membership or benefits cannot be forfeited before the 
time specified in the laws of the Supreme, Grand or Sub- 
ordinate Lodge, by adding fines or assessments to dues. 

1876, Journal, 1228, 1266, 1284, 1296, 1300. 

20. What is meant by the terms "Weekly" and "Funeral" 

Benefits. 
The "weekly" and "funeral" benefits referred to in 
clause 22 of Section 2, Article VIII, of the Supreme Lodge 
Constitution, which it is made obligatory on each Grand 
Lodge to require its Subordinates to provide for, contemplate 
such benefits as each Lodge shall provide for the payment 
of, out of its own funds only, and not through a combination 
of Lodges. 

1876, Journal, 1208, 12S8, 1289-1292. 



BENEFITS. & 

21. Same. 

Long usage in similar organizations, and in the Knights 
of Pythias, has affixed a well denned meaning to the terms 
" weekly " and "funeral " benefits; and in this well under- 
stood sense, the words were used in the provision of the 
Supreme Lodge Constitution above referred to. 

1876, Journal, 1208, 1288, 1289-1292. 

22. Same. 

The beneficial system established by the above compulsory 
provision of the Supreme Lodge Constitution, excludes from 
the Order a beneficial system of a different kind, on the 
principle that the inclusion of the one system excludes the 
other. 

1876, Journal, 1208, 1288-1292. 

23. Funeral Benefits, case concerning. 

The fact that a member is delinquent to his Lodge at the 
time of being taken sick, does not of itself exclude those 
entitled, from receiving funeral benefits in case of the mem- 
ber's death, he being square with the Lodge at the time of 
such death. 

1876, Journal, 1318. 

24. Advance Payments required, not to deprive of. 

A Subordinate Lodge may collect dues in advance, but 
cannot declare a member in arrears for dues who has paid 
the same to the first of a term ; or allow the advance pay- 
ment required to invalidate the member's right to benefits 
or the S.A.P.W. 

1875, Journal, 1042, 1097, 1114, 1121. 

25. When to be paid sick Member leaving the country. 

In the absence of any law regulating the subject, a mem- 
ber sick and entitled to and receiving benefits from his 
Lodge does not forfeit his right to continuous benefits, he 
still remaining sick, by leaving the country under the 
advice of his physician for the purpose of endeavoring to 
restore his health. 

1875, Journal, 1102, 1147, 1148. 

26. Same. 

A sick brother does not forfeit hi* right to benefits by 
leaving the jurisdiction of the Relief Committee of his 
Lodge without their consent, or the approval of the Lodge, 
under a By-Law providing for such forfeiture passed subse- 
quently to the departure of such brother. 

1875, Journal, 1102, 1147, 1148. 



5 BENEFITS. 

27. Reinstated Member, when entitled to. 

In the absence of any law providing otherwise, a re- 
instated brother becomes beneficial immediately upon his 
reinstatement. 

1875, Journal, 1102, 1161. 

28. During suspension of Lodge. 

A member is not entitled to benefits during such time as 
his Lodge may be under suspension. 

1874, Journal, 944. 

29. Funeral Benefits in cases of suicide. 

The granting or withholding funeral benefits to the family 
or near relatives of suicides within the Order, is a matter 
entirely of local legislation. 

1873, Journal, 684, 734. 

30. A fundamental Principle. 

The payment of weekly and funeral benefits, is a dis- 
tinguishing characteristic, and may be regarded as a funda- 
mental principle of the Order of Knights of Pythias. 

1873, Journal, 692, 693, 753. 

31. Rights, not Charities. 

The pecuniary benefits which the Order provides, are 
secured to its members as rights and not as charities, through 
the contribution of certain stipulated dues by all its mem- 
bers, at regular and established intervals of time. 

1873, Journal, 692, 693, 753. 

32. Subject to local Legislation. 

The payment of benefits, so far as the mere amount is 
concerned, subject to the limit fixed by the paramount law, 
has always been left to local legislation. 

1873, Journal, 692, 693, 753. 

1872, Journal, 465, 468, 575, 612, 613, 614. 

33. Funeral Benefits and Expenses, 

Under the By-Laws of a Lodge which provided that "on 
the death of a brother, there shall be appropriated from the 
funds of the Lodge one hundred dollars to defray the funeral 
expenses," held, that the widow was entitled to receive any 
balance of said sum that might remain unexpended by said 
Lodge for needed funeral expenses. 

1872, Journal, 551-557, 558. 

34. Powers of Grand Lodge over. 

It is competent for a Grand Lodge to prescribe some 
definite period of time within w r hich Subordinate Lodges 
shall be required to pay benefits. 

1872, Journal, 588, 595. 



BLANKS. 

35. For certain Reports provided. 

By resolution of the Supreme Lodge, the following blanks 
are required to be furnished to each Grand Keeper of Records 
and Seal and Deputy Supreme Chancellor, upon which are 
to be reported all moneys paid by them to the Supreme 
Lodge. The- blanks are as follows : 

36. 

"Office G. K. of R. and S., Grand Jurisdiction of 

No 

Dear Sir and Bro. : 

I herewith inclose my for the sum of 

dollars in payment of 

Yours fraternally, 



• • G. K. of R. and S. 
To S.K. of R. and S. 



37. 

"Office G. K. of R. and S., Grand Jurisdiction of 

No 

Dear Sir and Bro. : 

I have this day forwarded by the sum 

of dollars in payment of 

Yours fraternally, 



G. K. of R. and S. 
To S. 0. 



38. 

"Office G. K. of R. and S., Grand Jurisdiction of 

No 

Dear Sir and Bro.: 

I have this day forwarded by the sum 

of dollars in payment ot 

Yours fraternally, 



G. K. of R.and S. 
To S.M. of E. 

1873, Journal, COS, 715, 710. 



8 CASTLE HALLS — CHANCELLOR COMMANDER. 

CASTLE HALLS. 

39. Public Dedications. 

A ceremony adopted for public dedications of Castle Halls 
for the use of the Order, and public dedications authorized. 

1871, Journal, 364, 385, 
1870, Journal, 183, 188, 191, 229. 



CHANCELLOR COMMANDER. 

40. To announce result of Ballot. 

A ballot for a candidate for membership should be in- 
spected by the Vice Chancellor, and the result announced by 
the Chancellor Commander. 

1876, Journal, 1227, 1266, 1296. 

41. Under what circumstances may communicate S. A. P.W. 

Ruled by the Supreme Chancellor, that the Chancellor 
Commander of a Lodge is empowered to instruct the mem- 
bers of his own Lodge in the Semi-Annual Pass-Word; also 
all members of Lodges within or without his Jurisdiction 
presenting an order for it, under seal of their Lodge, signed 
by the Chancellor Commander, attested by the Keeper of 
Records and Seal, and presenting the usual evidence of their 
good standing. 

1876, Journal, 1228. 

42. To have charge of Rituals. 

The Rituals and other private work of the Order should be, 
and remain, in the charge and keeping of the Chancellor 
Commander of each Lodge, to be kept by him in some safe 
receptacle, under lock and key, within the Castle Hall of 
the Lodge, and not to be removed therefrom. 

•1875, Journal, 1106, 1149, 1152. 

43. Who eligible. 

Ruled by the Supreme Chancellor, that Lodges were at 
liberty to elect whom they please for Chancellor Commander, 
if eligible otherwise under the local law. There is no gen- 
eral law making it rotative from lower offices up. 

1872, Journal, (Appendix) 37. 

44. May resign. 

There is nothing in the obligation taken by the Chan- 
cellor Commander, upon his installation, that prevents him 
from resigning said office at any time that he may desire so 
to do. 

1873, Journal, 564, 582, 5S5. 



CHARGES — CHARTER BOOKS — CHARTERS. 9 

CHARGES. 

45. Member refusing to receive Rank, not subject to. 

Charges could not be preferred against an Esquire for re- 
fusing to proceed any farther in the Knight's Rank, after 
having proceeded through a portion thereof. He would not 
however he entitled to any benefits, privileges or honors of 
the Knight's Rank. 

1875, Journal, 1133, 1140. 



46. When holding Withdrawal Card, no bar to Charges. 

A Withdrawal Card issued 'to a Past Chancellor by his 
Subordinate Lodge, while charges are pending against him 
in his Grand Lodge, cannot be plead in bar of the charges, 
but under some circumstances might be an aggravation 
thereof. So ruled by the Supreme Chancellor. 

1873, Journal, (Appendix) 38. 

47. Grand Lodge to receive and entertain. 

A Grand Lodge receiving charges against one of its 
officers, should entertain and act upon the same, giving 
them a fair and proper consideration. 

1871, Journal, 346, 372, 373, 392, 397-399, 405, 406, 423, 424. 



CHARTER BOOKS. 

48. Opening of, not allowable. 

Under the existing Constitution of the Supreme Lodge, 
there is no such thing recognized as the opening of Charter 
Books, for the purpose of receiving members for a less sum 
than that fixed by the Constitution. That matter is regu- 
lated by Subdivision 8, Section 2, of Article VIII, of the 
Supreme Lodge Constitution. 

1875, Journal, 1033, 1096, 1113, 1121. 



CHARTERS. 

49. Blank Charters. 

In order to maintain uniformity, all Charter Plates are 
furnished as supplies by the Supreme Lodge. 

1869, Journal, 68, 120. 

1870, Journal, 166, 175, 214. 



10 DEPUTY SUPREME CHANCELLOR — DUES. 

DEPUTY SUPREME CHANCELLOR. 

50. Commission. 

An official commission to be issued by the Supreme Chan- 
cello:', under his official seal, to Deputy Supreme Chancellors, 
was adopted by the Supreme Lodge. 

1873, Journal, 680, 719, 746 and Appendix, 12, 13. 

51. Cannot issue Dispensation for new Lodge. 

A Deputy Supreme Chancellor has no authority to issue 
a dispensation to organize a new Lodge. 

1868, Journal, 26, 45. 



DUES. 

52. All Knights must pay. 

A Lodge cannot make a law exempting new members 
from the payment of dues for six months after being enrolled 
as Knights. 

1876, Journal, 1228, 1266, 1296. 

53. Non-payment of, suspends from Membership. 

A member not being under charges, owing for twelve 
months' dues, but not less, should be declared suspended 
from membership. 

1876, Journal, 1232, 1266, 1302, 
1872, Journal, 531, 585. 

51. May be collected in advance, etc. 

A Subordinate Lodge may collect dues in advance, but 
cannot declare a member in arrears for dues, who has paid 
the same to the first of a term, or allow the advance pay- 
ment required to invalidate the member's right to benefits 
or the S.A.P.W. 

1875, Journal, 1042, 1097, 1114, 1121. 

55. When may be charged against suspended Members. 

Unless under the provisions of constitutional enactments, 
it is not lawful to charge parties suspended for non-payment 
of dues with dues, after the act of suspension, until reinstated. 

1875, Journal, 1112, 1142, 1156. 

56. Payment of, by Pages and Esquires. 

The charging of, and collecting dues, from Pages and 
Esquires, is a matter entirely and sol el y for local legislation. 

1873, Journal, (Appendix) 37. 
1872, Journal, 465, 612, 613, 614. 



EMBLEMS — FEES. 11 

57. Subject to local Legislation. 

The fixing of the amount of dues which should be con- 
tributed by members to enable Lodges to pay sick and 
funeral benefits, has been left to local legislation. It is, 
however, the duty of all Subordinate Lodges to collect such 
dues from their members as may enable them to pay some 
such benefits. 

1873, Journal, 692, 693, 753. 

1872, Journal, 465, 468, 575, 612, 613, 614. 



EMBLEMS. 

58. Not to be displayed in business places. 

Except by such parties as may be engaged in the manu- 
facture or sale thereof, the display by members of the Order, 
at their places of business, of any of the emblems or insignia 
of the Order, or using the same in any manner as a means 
of advertising, is highly reprehensible; and if persisted in, 
the offender should be proceeded against under the law. 

1875, Journal, 1133, 1144. 

59. Badge adopted. 

A design of badge for Past Chancellors and Knights 
adopted by the Supreme Lodge. 

1870, Journal, 224. 

60. Same. 

A design for a Supreme Lodge mark or emblem was 
adopted. 

1868, Journal, 56. 



FEES, 

61. To what extent obligatory. 

The provision, Subdivision 8, Section 2, Article VIII, 
Supreme Lodge Constitution, fixing a minimum as to fees 
for conferring the Ranks is obligatory, and cannot be 
changed, except as provided in Article XXXIII of that 
Constitution ; subject to that provision, the whole question 
is one for local legislation. 

1876, Journal, 1230, 1286. 

62. Cannot be donated to applicants for Membership. 

Resolved, That the refunding, or donating, or promising, 
directly or indirectly, to refund or donate to applicants for 
membership in this Order, any portion of the initiation fee, 
is a violation of Section 8, of Article VIII, of the Constitu- 
tion. 

1875, Journal. 1133, 1140. 



12 FINES — FLAGS, 

63. When cannot be reduced by Dispensation. 

A Grand Chancellor, cannot issue dispensations to initiate 
persons for less than the rates prescribed by law, even 
though he may have directions and authority from his 
Grand Lodge so to do. 

1873, Journal, 705, 768. 



FINES. 

64. When Past Chancellor subject to. 

Under the laws of a Lodge which provide for the fining of 
officers for non-attendance at meetings, the Past Chancellor 
necessarily becoming such by virtue of his election and 
service in the office of Chancellor Commander, is a sitting 
officer of the Lodge, and liable to fines the same as other 
officers. 

1876, Journal, 1234, 1266, 1302, 1306. 



FLAGS. 

65. For Subordinate Lodge Officers. 

Standards to be four feet high, three feet four inches wide, 
made of silk, quartite at the bottom, fastened at the top to 
the cross-bar by gilded spear not more than three inches in 
diameter; heighth of the staff to be at the pleasure of the 
Lodge. 

66. For Prelate. 

Black field, trimmed with silver fringe, with Bible in 
center in silver. 

67. For Chancellor Commander. 

Red field, trimmed with gold fringe ; in center of field, a 
shield, battle axes, helmet and crossed gavels of gold. 

68. For Vice Chancellor. 

Blue field, trimmed with gold fringe; in center the coat of 
arms of the State (or nationality) ; below, a single gavel of 
gold circling above the name and number of the Lodge. 

1872, Journal, 483, 484. 

1871, .Journal, 31 5, 341, 399. 

1870, Journal, 142, 174, 192, 207, 208, 220, 221. 

69. For Outside Use. 

The Regulation Flag is to be six feet long and two feet six 
inches wide. Any other sized flag to be in width two-thirds 



FOUNDER, &C, OF THE ORDER — FUNDS. 13 

of the length. Material to be silk, bunting or muslin. 
Colors, blue, yellow, and red, equal sized, vertical. Shield 
of Supreme Lodge, purple. U P," and Tilting Spear yellow. 
Shield of Grand Lodge, red. "P" and Tilting Spear yellow. 
Shield of Subordinate Lodge, red and white, red above. "P" 
and Tilting Spear yellow. The Shield, letter "P" and Spear 
may be painted or worked. No fringe of any kind upon this 
flag; the heighth of the Staff to be at the pleasure of the 
Lodge; Staff to be mounted with a gilded helmet head, with 
red cord and tassels hanging therefrom, (a) 

1872, Journal, 483, 484. 

1871, Journal, 315, 341, 399. 

1870, Journal, 142, 174, 192, 207, 208, 220, 221. 



FOUNDER, &c, OF THE ORDER. 

70. Title of, &c. 

The original title given to the Founder of the Order, by 
the "Plan" adopted for the organization of the Supreme 
Lodge, was, "Founder and Supreme Past Chancellor." This 
title seems however to have baen transposed, from and after 
the organization of the Supreme Lodge, to that of, "Founder 
and Past Supreme Chancellor," which has been its recog- 
nized form ever since. This Rank dies with the death of 
Justus H. Rathbone, the Founder of the Order. 

1868, Journal, 8, 10, 13. 

1876, Journal, 1272, 1277-1279. 

71. Regalia and Badge. 

A suitable Regalia and engraved Badge, authorized to be 
procured for the Founder of the Order, differing from any 
other in the Order. 

1868, Journal, 20, 92. 

1876, Journal, 1282. 



FUNDS. 

72. Donations may be made from. 

Donations from the funds of a Lodge may be made to 
relieve the wants of distressed brothers. 

1876, Journal, 1308. 

(a) The report of the Committee on Flag, p. 399, nowhere appears 
to have been adopted, although so recognized at pp. 483 and 484, 
Journal of 1872. The specifications, however, are believed to have 
been uniformly acted upon by the Order. 



14 FUNERALS. 

73. Upon what vote to be disbursed. 

The funds of the Lodge, even in payment for nurse hire, 
cannot be disbursed upon a mere majority vote when the 
Laws require a two-thirds vote. 

1876, Journal, 1308. 

74. To aid in erection of Washington Monument. 

The power of Grand and Subordinate Lodges to appro- 
priate their funds to aid in the erection of the Washington 
Monument, recognized by the Supreme Lodge. 

1875, Journal, 1112, 1129. 



FUNERALS. 

75. Regalia that may be worn at. 

Lodges may appear in public parade, at funerals, wearing 
the funeral rosette on left breast, with or without Jewels ; 
also in uniform, with or without Jewels, or in plain citizens' 
dress. 

1875, Journal, 1032, 1096, 1124. 

76. Rosette to be worn at Funerals by Subordinate Lodges. 

At funerals, the following rosette may be worn in lieu of 
other regalia, viz : 

77. By Knights, Pages and Esquires. 

Round rosette, black, flat center, 1-| inches in diameter, 
with white metal struck up or silver embroidered escutcheon, 
surrounded by two rows of ^ inch black satin ribbon, the 
joint made by the ribbon joining the center of the rosette, to 
be covered with J line silver braid; the completed rosette to 
be three inches in diameter. Suspended from the under side 
of the rosette a white silk ribbon 2J inches wide and 4J 
inches long, with name and number of Lodge, and the letters 
"K.P." printed upon it in black, the white ribbon to be 
covered with black crape. 

78. By Past Chancellors. 

Same as for members, but gilt escutcheon. 

79. By Officers. 

Same as for members, but substituting the emblem of 
their respective offices for the escutcheon in center of the 
rosette. 

1872, Journal, 620, 631. 

1871, Journal, 403, 413. 



GRAND CHANCELLOR. 15 

89. Same— by Grand Lodges. 

A rosette, three inches in diameter, with black velvet 
center of two inches with gold letters " G. L." and one-half 
inch red border (ribbon.) 

1869, Journal, 99, 116. 

81. Order of Procession. 

Resolved, That when the Order attends funerals, the line 
of march shall be taken up in the following order : 

1st. The Outer Guard, bearing a sword, followed by the 
Pages, Esquires and Knights, in the order as laid down. 

2d. The Inner Guard bearing a sword. 

3d. Keeper of Records and Seal, Master of Finance, and 
Master of Exchequer (three abreast), each bearing the 
emblems of their respective offices. 

4th. Master at Arms, bearing a staff. 

5th. (a) Chancellor Commander, and Vice Chancellor, 
each bearing the emblems of their respective offices. 

6th. (a) Past Chancellor supported by two Past Chan- 
cellors. 

7th. Past Chancellors and Past Grand Chancellors. 

On arriving at the grave the procession halts and opens 
order, when the coffin and mourners pass through, and the 
procession follows the corpse in a reversed position. 

1871, Journal, 403, 404, 414. 

82. Ritual for Funeral Services. 

The Funeral Ceremony for the use of the Order adopted. 

1868, Journal, 18, 19, 20, 38, 48. 



GRAND CHANCELLOR. 

83. What Dispensations may issue. 

A Grand Chancellor may issue a dispensation to initiate 
a maimed person, provided he is capable of making an 
honest livelihood for himself and family. 

1873, Journal, 710, 744, 745, 

1874, Journal, 900, 932, 933, 

1876, Journal, 1235, 1266, 12S5, 1294. 

(a) This form having boon adopted before the change in officers, 
Nos. 5 and 6 above should be changed so as to have the Prelate accom- 
pany the Vice Chancellor, and the Past Chancellor the Chancellor 
Commander. 

3 



16 GRAND KEEPER OF RECORDS AND SEAL, &C. 

84. What Dispensations cannot issue. 

A Grand Chancellor cannot issue dispensations to initiate 
persons for less than the rates prescribed by law, even though 
he may have directions and authority from his Grand Lodge 
so to do. 

1873, Journal, 705, 768. 

85. Filling Vacancy entitled to Honors. 

A Grand Chancellor elected to fill a vacancy, who serves 
out the balance of the unexpired term, is entitled to the 
honors of the office. 

1874, Journal, 899, 932, 933. 

86. What cannot require. 

A Grand Chancellor cannot require the Rituals of the 
Subordinate Lodges in his Jurisdiction, to be delivered to the 
Deputies after the charges are committed to memory, to be 
retained by such Deputies until the next installation of 
officers. 

1873, Journal, 756. 



GRAND KEEPER of RECORDS AND SEAL. 

87. When to transmit Credentials. 

The Grand Keepers of Records and Seal are required to 
transmit the credentials of Supreme Representatives and 
Past Grand Chancellors, at least twenty days before the 
session of the Supreme Lodge, to the Supreme Keeper of 
Records and Seal. 

1871, Journal, 410. 



GRAND LODGE. 

88. Charter of, for what forfeited. 

Any Grand or Subordinate Lodge, resorting to, instituting 
or promoting any scheme of raffle, lottery, gift enterprise or 
scheme of chance, shall forfeit its charter. 

1876, Journal, 1231, 1264, 1299. 

89. What Dispensations may issue. 

A Grand Lodge may issue a dispensation to initiate a 
maimed person, provided he is capable of making an honest 
livelihood for himself and family. 

1873, Journal, 710, 744, 745. 

1874, Journal, 900, 932, 933. 

1876, Journal, 1235, 1266, 1285, 1294. 



GRAND LODGE. 17 

90. Organization and Government of, what subject to. 

All questions of the organization and government of 
Grand Lodges, so far as the same do not interfere with 
obligatory law, to be left to local legislation. 

1876, Journal, 1236, 1274. 

1872, Journal, 564, 594. 

1870, Journal, 176, 177, 197, 200, 201, 204, 207. 

91. Prohibition as to electing a Past Grand Chancellor. 

Since the adoption of the Constitution of the Supreme 
Lodge in 1874, there has been no authority in a Grand 
Lodge to elect a Past Grand Chancellor from among Past 
Chancellors only; although there is no express, there is an 
implied, prohibition of such action. 

1876, Journal, 1283, 1286. 

92. Constitution of, by whom amended. 

The power to amend the Constitution of a Grand Lodge, 
exists in the Grand Lodge itself, and cannot be conferred 
upon any other body. 

1876, Journal, 1208, 1288-1292. 

93. Can have but one Constitution, etc. 

A Grand Lodge can have but one Constitution, which, 
when regularly adopted, can only be amended as therein 
provided; only such Constitutions or Amendments should 
be approved by the Supreme Lodge. 

1876, Journal, 1208, 1288-1292. 

94. What Jurisdiction cannot assume. 

A Grand Lodge cannot, in its Constitution, assume extra 
territorial jurisdiction ; although it is within the power of 
the Supreme Lodge, under the present Constitution, to place 
any of its Subordinates under the jurisdiction of a Grand 
Lodge temporarily. 

1876, Journal, 1310. 

1872, Journal, 620, 621, 627. 

95. What should not be inserted in Constitution of. 

Although it would not be illegal so to do, the provisions 
of the Supreme Lodge laws relative to Regalia, ought not to 
be introduced into a Grand Lodge Constitution, as any 
change made in such laws by the Supreme Lodge, would 
cause a conflict between the two laws. 

1S76, Journal, 1310. 

96. Rules relative to "Uniform Divisions." 

The Supreme Lodge having made no constitutional pr< - 
vision for the organization of u Uniform Divisions," the sub- 



18 GRAND LODGE. 

ject matter thereof is left to the action of the several Grand 
Lodges. 

1876, Journal, 1303, 1315. 

97. How to submit Hypothetical Questions, etc. 

All hypothetical questions or propositions must be sub- 
mitted to the Supreme Lodge or Supreme Chancellor, by a 
Grand or Subordinate Lodge, under the jurisdiction of the 
Supreme Lodge, under the seal of such Lodge. 

1876, Journal, 1311. 

98. How far may legislate concerning S.A.P.W. 

The length of time that a member may be in arrears for 
dues before he can be deprived of the S.A.P.W. is a question 
subject to the legislation of State Grand Bodies, so long as 
they comply with the Supreme law by suspending members 
who are twelve months in arrears for dues. 

1875, Journal, 1042, 1097, 1114, 1116, 1121. 
1872, Journal, 466, 575, 612, 613. 

99. Who eligible as Representative to. 

A Chancellor Commander elected for a second term, is 
entitled to the rank and title of Past Chancellor immedi- 
ately after his second installation, and is thereupon eligible 
to be elected as Representative to his Grand Lodge, unless 
disqualified by local law. 

1875, Journal, 1042, 1097, 1114, 1116, 1121. 

100. To furnish Journals to Supreme Lodge. 

Resolved, That all Grand Lodges are hereby ordered to 
forward to the office of the S.K. of R. and S. two complete 
sets of their Journals of Proceedings, and each year, or as 
soon thereafter as printed, two copies of the same. All 
Grand Lodges are requested to have their Journals conform 
in size with Supreme Lodge Proceedings. 

1875, Journal, 1106, 1124. 

101. May try Officers. 

As a general proposition, there are no written rules or 
declaratory law for conducting proceedings upon charges 
against a Grand Lodge officer. The right to try, to suspend, 
or even to remove from office, do of necessity exist; and 
there is no impropriety, in the absence of specific written 
rules, in using as a guide, for the action of a Grand Lodge, 
the laws prescribed for the government of Subordinate 
Lodges in analagous cases. 

1874, Journal, 861 868, 945. 

1875, Journal, 1127-1129. 



GRAND LODGE. 19 

102. When may vacate office at Semi-Anmial Session. 

Under a Grand Lodge Constitution, which provided that 
business of a local character might be transacted at a semi- 
annual session, but all business of a general character affect- 
ing the interests of Subordinate Lodges throughout the State, 
should be transacted at the annual session ; held, that a 
Grand Lodge had the right, by resolution, at a semi-annual 
session, to vacate the position of Grand Chancellor, and de- 
volve the duties thereof upon the Vice Grand Chancellor, 
until the annual session ; the laws of said Grand Lodge 
which might be applied to such a case, providing that an 
officer against whom charges are preferred, may, by resolu- 
tion, vacate the position held pending trial. 

1874, Journal, 861-868, 945. 

1875, Journal, 1127-1129. 

103. When authorized to exercise summary power. 

In the occasional cases which arise, calling for the appli- 
cation of the principle of self-preservation, Grand Lodges 
have the right to deprive an officer of the exercise of official 
powers, by such summary methods as may be deemed neces- 
. sary. 

1874, Journal, 861-868, 945. 

1875, Journal, 1127-1129. 

104. To determine who may receive Rank of P.O. 

Whether or not the Rank of Past Chancellor shall be con- 
ferred upon first K's. of R. and S., M's. of F., or M's of E., 
who have served a specified length of time in such positions, 
or upon Knights, as a reward for other meritorious services, 
is a matter for local Jurisdictions. 

1873, Journal, 699, 703, 704, 710, 727, 732, 733, 734, 735. 
1870, Journal, 185, 199. 

1875, Journal, 1005, 1132, 1140, 1146, 1156. 

1874, Journal, 871, 927, 940, 944. 

105. Cannot install Officers by proxy. 

It is contrary to the established customs and ritualistic 
ceremonies of the Order, to provide, that in case of the absence 
of an elective Grand Officer at the time of installation, he 
may be installed by proxy. 

1875, Journal, 1139. 

106. When forfeits right to Representation. 

Under Articles IX and XVIII, Supreme Lodge Constitu- 
tion, a Grand Lodge delinquent as therein specified, dors 
forfeit its right to representation in the Supreme Lodge, but 

the Supreme Lodge may, by special vote, permit as a privi- 



20 GRAND LODGE. 

lege (but not as a right) the said Grand Lodge, through its 
Representatives, to be heard on the floor of the Supreme 
Lodge. 

1875, Journal, 1160, 1164. 

107. Where Rank of Past Chancellor conferred. 

The Past Chancellor's Rank, being a ritualistic Rank and 
fully provided for in the Grand Lodge Rituals, can only be 
conferred in the Grand Lodge, with its attendant ceremonies. 

1874, Journal, 913, 935. 

108. Effect of Incorporation of. 

The incorporation of a Grand or Subordinate Lodge under 
the laws of a State, has no bearing, weight, influence or 
relation, save as relates to such matters as exist between 
them and outside parties. 

1874, Journal, 934. 

109. Must have Charter in Lodge Room. 

A Lodge, Grand or Subordinate, has no right to work 
without having its Charter or Dispensation present in the 
Lodge or ante-room. 

1872, Journal, 564, 582, 585. 

1873, Journal, (Appendix) 36. 

110. Institution of new Lodges. 

Ruled by the Supreme Chancellor, that the method of pro- 
cedure in the institution of new Lodges under the jurisdic- 
tion of a Grand Lodge, was a matter for local legislation. 

1873, Journal, (Appendix), 37. 

111. Right to try Members. 

The Grand Lodge holds jurisdiction over its own members, 
and when charges are preferred against them as such, all 
laws operative there, or in the Subordinate Lodge, are appli- 
cable until the matter is fully determined. So ruled by the 
Supreme Chancellor. 

1873, Journal, (Appendix), 37 

112. Annulling existence of. 

The right to annul the existence of a Grand Lodge cannot 
be exercised without the express and specific sanction of 
positive law. No such authority can be conferred by indi- 
rect legislation. 

1873, Journal, 677-680, 682, 704, 711, 712, 713, 714, 
715, 718, 719, (Appendix), 44-73. 

113. Power over the subject of Benefits. 

It is competent for a Grand Lodge to prescribe some 
definite period of time within which Subordinate Lodges 
shall be required to pay benefits. 

1872, Journal, 588, 595. 



GRAND LODGE. 21 

114. Installation of Officers. 

The Supreme Chancellor and Grand Chancellor being 
absent, held that it was entirely competent for the ceremony 
of installation of the officers of the Grand Lodge to be per- 
formed by a Past Grand Chancellor. 

1872, Journal, 590, 591, 626. 

115. Suspension of. 

Under the Constitution and Laws of the Order, as then 
existing, the suspension of a Grand Lodge by the Supreme 
Chancellor, for insubordination, was confirmed by the Su- 
preme Lodge, (a) 

1873, Journal, 667, 680, 682, 713-715, (Appendix), 44-73. 

1871, Journal, 262-275, 290-291, 342, 386, 387, 388, 418-421. 

116. Should receive and act on Charges. 

A Grand Lodge receiving charges against one of its officers, 
should entertain and act upon the same, giving them a fair 
and proper consideration. 

1871, Journal, 346, 372, 373, 392, 397-399, 405, 406, 423, 424. 

117. Legislation for suspension of Grand Lodges. 

Occasion therefor having arisen, the Supreme Lodge 
adopted certain legislation providing for the suspension of 
insubordinate Grand Lodges, during the vacation of the 
Supreme Lodge, by the Supreme Chancellor and other 
officers, (b) 

1871, Journal, 346-356, 372, 373, 392, 397-399, 418-421. 

118. Officers when entitled to vote. 

Unless the Constitution of a Grand Lodge otherwise pro- 
vides, the elective officers are entitled to vote on all ques- 
tions coming before the Grand Lodge. 

1871, Journal, 361, 362, 391. 

119. Time of Meeting, etc. 

The determining when and how often Grand Lodges will 
hold their sessions, is a matter for local legislation ; also 
when officers shall be nominated and elected. 

1871, Journal, 342, 394. 

1870, Journal, 176, 181, 182, 200, 201, 202. 

(a) As bearing upon this question, attention is called to Sec. 6, 
Article VII, of the present Supreme Constitution, post 541. 

(b) These rules having been applicable to a specific case, now hap- 
pily endc>l, and not being items of general legislation, are nut here 
inserted ; but if desired, may be found at pages 419 and 41'0 of the 
Journal of 1871. 



22 GRAND LODGE — GRAND VICE CHANCELLOR. 

120. To furnish Constitution, etc., to Supreme Lodge. 

All Grand Lodges are required to deposit with the Supreme 
Keeper of Records and Seal, at their own expense, one printed 
copy of their Constitution and By-Laws for reference by the 
Supreme Lodge. 

1871, Journal, 426. 

121. Protest should be received when respectful. 

A Grand Lodge should never refuse to receive a respectful 
protest against its action, when presented by one or more 
of its officers or members. 

1870, Journal, 185, 199. 

122. When should not mutilate its Officers' Reports. 

A Grand Lodge should not strike out any portion of a 
Grand Chancellor's report, against his protest or objection, 
when the same contains no objectionable language, nor any 
matter connected with the private work of the Order. 

1870, Journal, 185, 199. 

123. Power to assess Past Chancellors, etc. 

A Grand Lodge has no power to levy assessments upon 
the Past Chancellors of said Grand Lodge, for the purpose of 
paying the expenses thereof, and thereupon refuse to admit 
to the Grand Lodge such as might refuse to pay the assess- 
ment. 

1870, Journal, 197, 198, 203. 



GRAND VICE CHANCELLOR. 

124. Not entitled to Past Grand Chancellor's honors. 

While the laws of the Order confer upon the Grand Vice 
Chancellor the duties and powers of Grand Chancellor, during 
the absence, or in case of resignation, removal or death, of 
the Grand Chancellor for the time being, they do not confer 
upon him the honors of that office. 

1871, Journal, 245, 340. 

125. When to perform duties of Grand Chancellor. 

Under the terms of a Constitution providing, that in case 
of a vacancy occurring in the office of Grand Chancellor, the 
duties of that office shall devolve upon the Grand Vice Chan- 
cellor for the "time being," held, that a Grand Chancellor 
could not be elected at a special session of the Grand Lodge, 
but that the Grand Vice Chancellor was the only one author- 
ized to act as Grand Chancellor, until the next regular 



HYPOTHETICAL QUESTIONS — JEWELS. 23 

meeting of the Grand Lodge at which officers were author- 
ized to be elected. 

1868, Journal, 26, 45. 

1869, Journal, 71, 72, 86, 101, 106. 



HYPOTHETICAL QUESTIONS. 

126. How entertained by Supreme Lodge, etc. 

Resolved, That neither the Supreme Chancellor, nor this 
Supreme Lodge, will hereafter receive or answer any hypo- 
thetical propositions or questions, submitted to them either 
in recess or during the session of the Supreme Lodge, except 
the same come from a Grand Lodge, or a Subordinate Lodge 
under the jurisdiction of this Supreme Lodge, and under the 
seal thereof. 

1876, Journal, 1311. 

127. Same. 

All such matters, as specified in the last paragraph, are 
to be presented in proper form to the Committee on Law and 
Supervision, so far as possible, at least three weeks before the 
session of the Supreme Lodge ; and all matters not presented 
before the assembling of the Supreme Lodge, to be thereupon 
presented to the Chairman of the Committee on Law and 
Supervision, under the penalty, if not so presented, of being 
subject to pass over to the subsequent session. 

1873, Journal, 768. 



JEWELS. 

128. Lodges should procure. 

For the purpose of securing uniformity, the Supreme, 
Grand and Subordinate Lodges should procure the Official 
Jewels at as early a day as possible. 

1875, Journal, 1160. 

129. Official and Past Official, and Knights. 

By resolutions of the Supreme Lodge, " Official " and " Past 
Official," and "Knight's Jewels," were duly and regularly 
adopted, the details of which are fully presented. See post, 
619-624. 

1872, Journal, 562, 594, 630, 631. 

1873, Journal, 692, 701, 702, 740, 742. 743, 744. 
1S74, Journal, 904, 905, 972-976-979, 989. 
1875, Journal, 1025-1029, 1096, 1135, 1136. 



24 LAWS AND LEGISLATION. 

130. All others illegal. 

All Jewels used, worn or made by any person or persons, 
except as established by the above legislation, are illegal in 
character and unlawful in use, so far as Lodges and mem- 
bers of the Order of Knights of Pythias are concerned, and 
are prohibited from use, unless otherwise legislated by the 
Supreme Lodge. 

1874, Journal, 972-976. 

131. From whom procured. 

All Jewels of the Order must be procured from the 
Supreme Keeper of Records and Seal, being regarded as 
Supplies. 

1874, Journal, 972-976. 

132. When may be worn in public. 

The Jewels may be worn in public jmrades in connection 
with the uniform, but not otherwise, 

1874, Journal, 972-976. 



LAWS AND LEGISLATION. 

133. Of Supreme Lodge, when binding. 

Resolved, That the legislative acts of the Supreme Lodge, 
when they accord with the Supreme Lodge Constitution, 
are binding and obligatory upon Grand and Subordinate 
Lodges and members. 

1876, Journal, 1232, 1266, 1302. 

134. What repealed. 

The former Constitution under which the Order had 
worked, and all previous legislation inconsistent with the 
Constitution adopted on the 25th day of April, 1874, was 
repealed by the Supreme Lodge on the said date. 

1874, Journal, 947. 

135. Curative Acts, passed by Supreme Lodge. 
Legalizing the institution and w T ork of Metropolitan 

Lodge, of Montreal, P. Q.. 

1874. Journal, 930, 931. 

1875, Journal, 1035-1037, 1116, 1125. 

136. Same. 

Legalizing the work of the Grand and Subordinate Lodges 
of Pennsylvania and their officers, during the time of the 
troubles growing out of the promulgation of the new and 
Amplified Ritual. 

1873, Journal, 713, 714, 715, 718, 719, 769. 



LIFE INSURANCE — LOCAL LEGISLATION. 25 

137. Same. 

Legalizing election of Grand Officers of Pennsylvania. 
The election and installation of the officers of the Grand 
Lodge of Pennsylvania confirmed and approved, upon their 
complying with the legislation of the Supreme Lodge. 

1871, Journal, 428. 

138. Same. 

Legalizing the admission of a member under age, but the 
same never to be considered as a precedent for like action 
in the future. 

1870, Journal, 140, 191, 192. 



LIFE INSURANCE. 

139. Compulsory Assessment for, illegal. 

Resolved, That it is illegal to provide by general com- 
pulsory assessment, on all the members of the Order in a 
Grand Jurisdiction, for an "insurance," "relief" or "mor- 
tuary fund," in the nature of an insurance on lives. 

1876, Journal, 1207, 1208, 1225, 1235, 1266, 1273, 
1288, 1289-1292, 1293, 1299, 1301. 
1875, Journal, 1139, 1173. 

140. Foreign to the avowed purposes of the Order. 

The life insurance scheme is foreign to the purposes of 
the Order as avowed at its origin, shown in its past history, 
and exemplified by the course of the Brotherhood in ail 
Jurisdictions. And it is an innovation which might prove 
destructive to those purposes, being a scheme which, in a 
pecuniary sense, would have an overwhelming importance; 
so that the cultivation of Knightly friendship, the practice 
of the ritualistic ceremonies, and the moral teachings of the 
Order, which are its grand purposes, might become but 
mere incidents to the enforcement and development of 
a money-raising and money-distributing system of Life 
Insurance. 

1876, Journal, 1208, 128S-1292. 



LOCAL LEGISLATION. 

141. Status of Sitting Past Chancellor, subject to. 

The incidental rights, duties and responsibilities of the 
sitting Past Chancellor of a Lodge, are proper subjects for 
local legislation. 

1876, Journal, 1234, 1266, 1302. 
1875, Journal, 1042, 1097. 1114, 1121. 



26 LOCAL LEGISLATION. 

142. Organization, etc., of Grand Lodges, subject to. 

All questions of the organization and government of 
Grand Lodges, so far as the same do not interfere with 
obligatory law, to be left to local legislation. 

1876, Journal, 1236, 1274. 

1872, Journal, 564, 594. 

1870, Journal, 176, 177, 197, 200, 201, 204, 207. 

143. Semi-monthly Meetings; Reinstatement of suspended 

Members, etc. 

All questions as t » granting Lodges the right to hold 
semi-monthly meetings; also, regulating the reinstatement 
o members suspended for cause; also, regulating the rights 
arid duties of members as between themselves, in disclosing 
to each other the transactions of the Lodge ; also, establishing 
how many failures of Subordinates to hold regular meetings 
shall forfeit charters, etc., are matters for local legislation, 
and not proper subjects for determination by the Supreme 
Lodge. 

1876, Journal, 1284, 1285, 1299, 1300. 

144. Fixing fees for the Ranks. 

Subject to the restriction in Subdivision 8, Section 2, 
Article VIII, of the Supreme Lodge Constitution, the 
question as to the amount of fees that should be charged 
for conferring the various ranks, is a matter entirely of 
local legislation. 

1876, Journal. 1230, 1286. 

145. Rules for organization of ''Uniform Divisions." 

The Supreme Lodge having made no constitutional pro- 
vision for the organization of " Uniform Divisions," the 
subject matter thereof is left to the action of the several 
Grand Lodges. 

1876, Journal, 1303, 1315. 

146. Delinquency that deprives of S.A.P.W., matter of. 

The length of time that a member may be in arrears for 
dues, before he can be deprived of the S.A.P.W., is a question 
subject to the legislation of State Grand Bodies, so long as 
they comply with the Supreme Law, by suspending mem- 
bers who are twelve months in arreas for dues. 

1875, Journal, 1042. 1097, 1114, 1116, 1121. 
1872, Journal, 466, 575, 612, 613. 

147. Refusing elected Candidate admission, proper subject of. 

The question of whether an elected candidate can be 
refused admission to the Lodge, in case objections are found 
to exist against him, and if so, what vote is requisite to 
exclude him. are proper matters for local legislation. 

1875, Journal, 1042, 1097, 1114, 1115, 1121. 



LOCAL LEGISLATION. 27 

148. As to charging Dues against suspended Members. 

It is allowable, by local constitutional enactments, to pro- 
vide for the charging of dues against members suspended 
for non-payment of dues, after the act of suspension, until 
reinstatement. 

1875, Journal, 1112, 1142, 1156. 

149. Rules for reinstating suspended Members. 

The manner and form of, and rules for, the reinstatement 
of members suspended for non-payment of dues, or for other 
causes, are matters entirely for local legislation. 

1874, Journal, 902, 909. 

1871, Journal, 428. 

150. Instituting new Lodges. 

Ruled by the Supreme Chancellor, that the method of pro- 
cedure in the institution of new Lodges, under the jurisdic- 
tion of a Grand Lodge, was a matter for local legislation. 

1873, Journal, (Appendix), 37. 

151. Same. 

Ruled by the Supreme Chancellor, that in Jurisdictions 
where Grand Lodges exist, all questions as to the establish- 
ing of new Lodges in localities where a Lodge or Lodges 
may already exist, were matters of local legislation. 

1873, Journal, (Appendix), 39. 



152. Accepting rejected Applicant. 

As to whether one Lodge may accept of rejected material 
from another Lodge, in the same locality, upon the expira- 
tion of six months' time after such rejection, is a matter for 
'local legislation, in Jurisdictions where Grand Lodges exist. 
So ruled by the Supreme Chancellor. 

1873, Journal, (Appendix), 39. 



153. Funeral Benefits to family of Suicides. 

The granting or withholding funeral benefits to the family 
or near relatives of suicides within the Order, is a matter 
entirely of local legislation. 

1873, Journal, 684, 734. 

154. Organizing Relief Bureaus. 

The organizing and maintaining of Relief Bureaus for 
the care of sojourning sick members of the Order, is a matter 
for local legislation. 

1873, Journal, 688-690, 722. 

1S72, Journal, 535, 530, 578. 



28 LOCAL LEGISLATION. 

155. Re instating suspended Members, etc. 

Defining the status of suspended members, and fixing the 
mode and manner by which they can again be admitted to 
the Order, are proper matters for local legislation. 

1873, Journal, 690, 734. 

156. Dues and Benefits. 

The regulating of dues to be collected, and benefits to be 
paid, within the limits established by the paramount law, 
has always been left to local legislation. 

1873, Journal, 692, 693, 753. 

1872, Journal, 465, 468, 575, 612, 613, 614. 

157. Restoring surrendered Charter. 

As to whether or not a surrendered Charter can be given 
to new petitioners, who were not members of the Lodge at 
its dissolution, is a proper matter for local legislation. 

1873, Journal, 693, 752, 753. 

158. Appointing Lecturers. 

The appointing of a Lecturer, charged with the duty of 
visiting and instructing Lodges in the secret work, etc., is a 
matter for local legislation. 

1873, Journal, 694, 734. 

159. Conceding Rank of Past Chancellor. 

Whether or not, the Rank of Past Chancellor shall be con- 
ferred upon K.'s of R. & S.. M.'s of F., or M.'s of E., who have 
served a specified length of time in such positions, or upon 
any Knights a« a reward for other meritorious services, is a 
matter for local jurisdiction. 

1875, Journal, 1005, 1132, 1140, 1146, 1156. 

1874, Journal, 871, 927, 940, 944. 

1873, Journal, 699, 703, 704, 710, 727, 732, 733, 734, 735. 

1870, Journal, 185, 199. 



160. Calling of Ayes and Noes. 

As to the calling of the ayes and noes in a Grand Lodge, 
it is a matter entirely local in character and under the 
control of the Grand Lodge itself. 

1873, Journal, 703, 733. 

161. Names on Charter. 

The subject of whose names shall appear upon the Charter 
of a Lodge, when a Grand Lodge has been organized and the 
dispensation issued by the Supreme Lodge surrendered, is a 
matter for local legislation. 

1872, Journal, 466, 575, 612, 613. 



LODGE, SUBORDINATE. 29 

162. Levying Tax upon Members. 

Whether or not, a Subordinate Lodge may levy a tax 
upon its members in order to enable it to meet the neces- 
sar}^ expenses of the Lodge, is a matter purely of local 
legislation. 

1872, Journal, 625. 

163. Signing Charters. 

The question as to what officers of a Grand Lodge shall 
sign the Charters of Subordinate Lodges under its jurisdic- 
tion, is one purely for local legislation. 

1872, Journal, 377, 378, 390. 

164. Fixing Time of Grand Lodge Sessions. 

The determining when and how often Grand Lodges will 
hold their sessions, is a matter ior local legislation ; also, 
when officers shall be nominated and elected. 

1871, Journal, 342, 394. 

1870, Journal, 176, 181, 182, 200, 201, 202. 



LODGE, SUBORDINATE. 

165. Charter of, for what forfeited. 

Any Grand or Subordinate Lodge, resorting to, instituting 
or promoting any scheme of raffle, lottery, gift enterprise, 
or scheme of chance, shall forfeit its Charter. 

1876, Journal, 1231, 1264, 1299. 

166. How to submit Hypothetical Questions, etc. 

All hypothetical questions or propositions must be sub- 
mitted to the Supreme Lodge or Supreme Chancellor, by a 
Grand or Subordinate Lodge under the jurisdiction of the 
Supreme Loage, under the Seal of such Lodge. 

1876, Journal, 13H. 

167. When may refuse admission to elected Candidate. 

An applicant for membership in a Subordinate Lodge 
under the immediate jurisdiction of the Supreme Lodge, 
having been elected to the Page Rank, and before being 
instructed in it, is found to be unworthy from facts not made 
known when his case was be ore the Lodge, may be refused 
admission by a majority vote of the Lodge present; and if 
rejected, the fee must be returned to him. 

1875, Journal, 1042, 1097, 1114, 1121. 



30 LODGE, SUBORDINATE. 

168. May collect Dues in advance, etc. 

A Subordinate Lodge may collect dues in advance, but 
cannot declare a member in arrears for dues who has paid 
the same to the first of a term, or allow the advance pay- 
ment required to invalidate the member's right to benefits 
or the S.A.P.W. 

1875, Journal, 1042, 1097, 1114, 1121. 

169. Upon wliat Terms may reinstate Members. 

Lodges working directly under the control of the Supreme 
Lodge, may reinstate members suspended for non-payment 
of dues, upon the payment of one year's dues and all assess- 
ments charged during that year. Beyond this it is dis- 
cretionary with the Lodge. 

1875, Journal, 1043, 1097, 1114, 1121. 

170. First Officers of, when acquire Past Rank. 

At the institution of a Subordinate Lodge working 
directly under the control of the Supreme Lodge, the 
P.C., C. C, V.C., P., K. of R. and S., M. of F. and M. of E., 
take the Rank of Past Chancellor, provided said officers 
serve to the enu of their official term. After that the Rank 
is obtained only by service as Chancellor Commander. 

1875, Journal, 1043, 1097, 1114, 1121- 

171. When may confer Esquire and Knight Ranks on Page of 

another Lodge. 

A Subordinate Lodge may confer the Esquire and Knight 
Ranks on a Page who has received that Rank in another 
Lodge in the same or another Jurisdiction, upon a written 
official request of his Lodge, certifying that he has received 
the Rank of Page, and has paid for the other Ranks and 
been elected thereto. The Lodge conferring those Ranks 
should send to the Lodge making the request, an official 
notice of the Ranks having been conferred, witn date ; and 
he should be entered on their books as holding Rank accord- 
ingly. 

1875, Journal, 1043, 1097, 1114, 1121. 

172. When may re-ballot upon Application for Ranks. 

In Suoordinate Lodges under the immediate control of 
the Supreme Lodge, if a Page is rejected on a ballot for the 
Rank of Esquire, or an Esquire on the ballot for the Rank 
of Knight, another ballot may be had, in eitner case, in one 
month thereafter. 

1875, Journal, 1043, 1097, 1114, 1121. 

173 Which Officers of, elected, and which appointed. 

Under the present Constitution and Ritual of the Order, 
the C.C., V.C., P., K. of R. and S., M. of F. and M. oi E., 



LODGE, SUBORDINATE. 31 

must be elected by ballot ; the M. at A. may be elected or 
appointed, as each Grand Lodge may determine, and the 
I.G.j 0. G., and Attendants, must be appointed. 

1875, Journal, 1043, 1097, 1114, 1121. 
1873, Journal, 705, 768. 

174. How Password taken up in case of Visitations. 

It is competent for the Chancellor Commander of a Lodge, 
to appoint the Master-at-Arms to receive the Pass Word in 
the ante-room, from members of a visiting Lodge, after each 
of the visiting Knights have worked their way through the 
outer door, and the Lodge can then be admitted as a body. 

1874, Journal, 913, 935. 

175. Effect of Incorporation of. 

The incorporation of a Grand or Subordinate Lodge, under 
the law© of a State, has no bearing, weight, influence or re- 
lation, save as relates to such matters as exist between them 
and outside parties. 

1874, Journal, 934. 

176. Who Members on Reorganization. 

Upon application to reorganize a suspended Lodge, a 
member notified of such reorganization, and paying no 
attet tion thereto during his life, cannot be considered a 
member thereof at the time of his death. 

1874, Journal, 944. 

177. To obey Official Orders. 

Ruled by the Supreme Chancellor, that a Subordinate 
Lodge, having received an official order from the Supreme or 
Grand Lodge, must act upon the same at once, prior to pro- 
ceeding with any other business, and must obey such order 
until remedied through the proper channels. 

1873, Journal, (Appendix), 35. 

178. Must have Charter in Lodge Room. 

A Lodge, Grand or Subordinate, has no right to work 
without having its Charter or Dispensation present in the 
Lodge or ante-room. 

1872, Journal, 564, 582, 5S5. 

1873, Journal, (Appendix!, 36. 

179. When may initiate Stranger of another Jurisdiction. 
Lodges of one Grand Jurisdiction have no right to initiate 

residents of another Jurisdiction into the Order, without the 
consent of the Lodge nearest to which the applicant resides. 

1872, Journal, 580. 

LS73, Journal, (Appendix), 37. 

4 



32 LODGE, SUBORDINATE. 

180. How to proceed at Institution of. 

Ruled by the Supreme Chancellor, that at the institution 
of Lodges, under the control of the Supreme Lodge, the 
strangers must be initiated, proved and charged; the of- 
ficers elected and installed ; their dispensation delivered to 
the proper executive officer ; after which they can receive 
applications, and perform the work usual to a Lodge, but not 
before. 

1873, Journal, (Appendix), 37. 

181. Same. 

Ruled by the Supreme Chancellor, that the method of 
procedure in the institution of new Lodges, under the 
jurisdiction of a Grand Lodge, was a matter for local 
legislation. 

1873, Journal, (Appendix), 37. 

182. Subject to punishment. 

Ruled by the Supreme Chancellor, that a Subordinate 
Lodge, issuing a Withdrawal Card to a Past Chancellor, 
while he was under charges in the Grand Lodge, if done 
through willfulness on the part of the Lodge, having full 
knowledge of the charges, laid itself liable to punishment 
by the Grand Lodge, 

1873, Journal, Appendix, 37, 38. 

183. Officer or Member reentering, etc. 

Ruled by the Supreme Chancellor, that any officer or 
member retiring from the Lodge, under an order, or reenter- 
ing after having performed the duty for which sent out, 
is not required to give the sign on retiring or returning, but 
must work his way through the doors. 

1873, Journal, (Appendix), 38. 

184. Members to be informed at the Outer Door, what Rank 

working in. 
Ruled by the Supreme Chancellor, that it is the duty of 
the Outer Guard to inform a brother applying for admission, 
in what Rank the Lodge is working, so that errors may not 
occur in giving the signs, etc. 

1873, Journal, (Appendix), 38. 

185. How Petition endorsed. 

Ruled by the Supreme Chancellor, that where no Grand 
Lodge exists, the petition for a new Lodge, in a locality 
where a Lodge already exists, should be endorsed with the 
approval and sanction or disapproval of the Deputy Supreme 
Chancellor, or officer having charge of the territory where 
occurring. 

1873, Journal, (Appendix), 39. 



LODGE, SUBORDINATE. 33 

186. Objections to Institution of new Lodge. 

Ruled by the Supreme Chancellor, that in cases mentioned 
in the last paragraph, a Lodge objecting to the institution 
of a new Lodge in the same locality, might file its objections 
in writing over its seal, with the Deputy Supreme Chan- 
cellor, which should be forwarded by him to the Supreme 
Lodge for final passing upon the issue raised; and until so 
passed upon, the Deputy Supreme Chancellor should not 
initiate the Charter members of the new Lodge. 

1873, Journal, (Appendix), 39. 

187. New Lodges under jurisdiction of Grand Lodges. 

Ruled by the Supreme Chancellor, that in Jurisdictions, 
where Grand Lodges exist, all questions as to the establish- 
ing of new Lodges, in localities where a Lodge or Lodges may 
already exist, were matters of local legislation. 

1873, Journal, (Appendix), 39. 

188. Who accepted as Charter Member. 

Ruled by the Supreme Chancellor, that so long as under 
the control of the Supreme Lodge, no person rejected upon 
application to another Lodge, should be accepted on a roll of 
Charter members for a new Lodge. That it ought always to 
be made a preliminary question, ''Have you ever applied to 
any Lodge of this Order and been rejected ?" A false answer 
would subject the offender to punishment. 

1873, Journal, (Appendix), 39. 

189. When cannot accept Applicant rejected in another Lodge. 

Ruled by the Supreme Chancellor, that so long as under 
the control of the Supreme Lodge, one Lodge cannot accept 
of rejected material from another Lodge in the same locality, 
not even after the expiration of the six months' probation 
required by the law, after such rejection, except by consent 
of the Lodge rejecting in the first instance. 

1873, Journal, (Appendix), 39. 

190. Same. 

As to whether one Lodge may accept of rejected material 
from another Lodge in the same locality, upon the expira- 
tion of six months' time after such rejection, is a matter for 
local legislation in Jurisdictions where Grand Lodges exist. 
So ruled by the Supreme Chancellor. 

1S73, Journal, (Appendix), 39. 

191. Effect of dropping Name from Petition. 

The dropping of the name of an applicant for a new Lodge 
by ballot of the applicants, jn'ior to the dispensation being 



34 LODGE, SUBORDINATE. 

delivered to such new Lodge, does not estop such dropped 
applicant from applying for membership in said Lodge, 
immediately after its institution, or to any other Lodge at 
any time ; neither does such dropping constitute him a 
black-balled or rejected applicant, in the sense that those 
terms are used in the laws of the Order. So ruled by the 
Supreme Chancellor. 

1873, Journal, (Appendix), 40. 

192. Restoring surrendered Charter. 

As to whether or not a surrendered Charter can be given 
to new petitioners, who were not members of the Lodge at 
its dissolution, is a proper matter for local legislation. 

3873, Journal, 693, 752, 753. 

193. May select its form of Ritual, when. 

Subordinate Lodges have the unqualified right to select 
for themselves, whether they will use the Amplified Form 
of the Knight's Rank, or the common form, and Grand 
Lodges have no right or power to control them in this 
regard. 

1873, Journal, 718. 

1872, Journal, 562, 603, 609. 

194. Names on Charter. 

The subject of whose names shall appear upon the Charter 
of a Lodge, when a Grand Lodge has been organized, and the 
Dispensation issued by the Supreme Lodge surrendered, is a 
matter for local legislation. 

1872, Journal, 466, 575, 612, 613. 

195. Conditions on Reinstatement. 

Upon the reinstatement of a Lodge, suspended for non- 
compliance with a law or requirement of the Supreme 
Lodge, proper conditions may be enforced by the Grand 
Lodge. 

1872, Journal, 533, 567-572, 608. 

196. Same. 

A Lodge suspended for cause after trial, may be required, 
upon reinstitution thereof, to exclude all such members as 
were implicated in the irregularities which occasioned the 
suspension. 

1872, Journal, 538-551, 573. 

197. Suspension of Subordinate Lodge. 

A Grand Lodge would be justified in suspending one of 
its Subordinate Lodges that should, after receiving a protest 
against sucn act y receive applications for membership from 



LODGE, SUBORDINATE. 35 

persons residing in another Jurisdiction, in a city where a 
Lodge existed, after being informed that such persons were 
residents of the foreign Jurisdiction. 

1872, Journal, 538-551, 573. 

198. When Charter cannot be surrendered. 

Resolved, That no Subordinate Lodge shall be allowed to 
dissolve or surrender its Charter by vote, so long as nine (a) 
members remain willing to sustain the Lodge, except by 
permission of the Grand Lodge, or during the recess of 
the Grand Lodge, by the Grand Chancellor of the Juris- 
diction. 

1872, Journal, 563, 592, 594. 

199. May appoint Chaplain. 

Subordinate Lodges have the power and the right to 
appoint a Chaplain, to conduct the devotional exercises at 
funerals held under their control and direction. 

1872, Journal, 563, 598. 

200. How Supreme Lodge or Officers to communicate with. 

The legal method of communication from the Supreme 
authority to the Subordinate Lodges of the several Jurisdic- 
tions, where Grand Lodges have been instituted, is through 
the Grand Lodges. 

1872, Journal, 618, 624, 630. 

201. Ruling as to Past Chancellor at Institution of Lodge, (b) 

Held, by the Supreme Lodge, on inquiry by a Repre- 
sentative from a Grand Lodge, that in the formation of a 
Subordinate Lodge, the office of Past Chancellor thereof 
should be filled by selection of the Charter members at 
the institution of the Lodge, and that the person serving in 
that capacity until the end of the term, would have the 
honors of the office. 

1872, Journal, 620, 630. 

202. May levy Tax, when. 

Whether or not a Subordinate Lodge may levy a tax upon 
its members, in order to enable it to meet tli3 necessary ex- 
penses of the Lodge, is a matter purely of local legislation. 

1872, Journal 625. 

(a) Since the change in the law to seven members to make a Lodge, 
it is doubtful whether a Charter could be surrendered by vote, so long 
as seven even, wished to continue it. 

(b) This ruling would probably be held to apply only where the 
local law did not otherwise provide. See post, 285. 



36 LODGE, SUBORDINATE. 

203. Rituals not to be used in Amplified Knight's Rank. 
Resolved, That the Third or Knight's Rank shall, in on in- 
stance, be conferred according to the * * Amplified Ritual of 
said Degree as adopted, unless the various parts have been 
memorized by all the persons officiating therein, so that the 
same can be conferred without the use of the book. 

1872, Journal, 637. 

204. Minors, Ladies, and Colored Persons. 

The Supreme Lodge does not recognize Lodges of the 
Knights composed of ladies, minors or colored persons. 

1871, Journal, 260, 313, 315, 341, 379, 382, 383. 

1872, Journal, 564, 599. 
1869, Journal, 68, 86, 96, 101. 

205. Signing Charters. 

The quest! n as to what officers of a Grand Lodge shall 
sign the Charters of Subordinate Lodges under its jurisdic- 
tion, is one purely for local legislation. 

1872, Journal, 377, 378, 390. 

206. As to Card of Charter Member of New Lodge. 

Any member of the Order desiring to assist in the forma- 
tion of a new Lodge, and signing an application for such 
purpose, must, upon the institution of such Lodge, present 
his Withdrawal Card from his Lodge, 

1870, Journal, 225. 

207. Vouching in Lodges. 

No vouching is allowed in the Order under any circum- 
stances. 

1870, Journal, 144, 229. 

208. Ante-room, condition of, on opening Lodge. 

No person but the Outer Guard is allowed in the ante-room 
at the opening of a Lodge. 

1870, Journal, 229. 

209. Naming Lodges. 

All State Jurisdictions are prohibited from accepting the 
name of any living person as the name of a Lodge in their 
respective Jurisdictions. 

1869, Journal, 85, 95. 

210. Constitutions, by whom framed. 

State Grand Lodges are authorized to adopt Constitutions 
for the government of Subordinate Lodges, provided the 
same do not conflict with the laws of general application ; 



MANUAL OF TACTICS — MEMBERSHIP. 37 

and provided further, that the obligatory rules and principles 
contained in Article VIII, of the Supreme Lodge Constitu- 
tion, are incorporated therein. 

Constitution of Supreme Lodge, Article VIII. 

1869, Journal, 67, 88, 115. 



MANUAL OF TACTICS. 

211. Ruling concerning. 

The Supreme Lodge having adopted a " Manual of Tac- 
tics," no other can be used. So ruled by the Supreme 
Chancellor. 

1875, Journal, 1041, 1097, 1114, 1115, 1121. 

212. Declaration concerning. 

The Supreme Lodge declared that the Manual of Tactics, 
already approved and adopted, was ample in form, effective 
in its system, and adapted to the quasi-military wants of the 
Order. 

1873, Journal, 696, 697, 737. 

213. Adopted by Supreme Lodge. 

A Manual of Tactics was adopted by the Supreme Lodge 
for the use of the Order, embracing all essential instruction 
from the school of the Knight to that of the Battalion. 

1872, Journal, 531, 602. 



MEMBERSHIP. 

214. Who to inspect Ballot on application for. 

A ballot for a candidate for membership should be in- 
spected by the Vice Chancellor, and the result announced 
by the Chancellor Commander. 

1876, Journal, 1227, 1266, 1296. 

215 When Member holding Withdrawal Card, may apply for. 

A member holding a Withdrawal Card in force, applying 
to a Lodge for membership by deposit of same, and being 
rejected, may apply again to any other Lodge; or, in the 
absence of any local law, to the same Lodge at any time. 

1876, Journal, 1228, 1266, 1296. 

216. For what cannot be forfeited 

Membership or benefits cannot be forfeited before the time 
specified in the laws of the Supreme, Grand or Subordinate 
Lodge, by adding fines or assessments to dues. 

1876, Journal, 1228, 1266, 1284, 1296, 1300. 



38 MEMBERSHIP. 

217. Non-payment of Dues suspends from. 

A member not being under charges, owing for twelve 
months' clues, but not less, should be declared suspended 
from membership. 

1876, Journal, 1232, 1266, 1302. 
1872, Journal, 531, 585. 



218. Suspension from, to be declared, etc. 

Resolved, That when a member is twelve months in arrears, 
he should be notified thereof, and the fact of his suspension 
declared by the Chancellor Commander, in open Lodge, and 
a record thereof made on the minutes. 

1876, Journal, 1232, 1266, 1302. 



219. Suspension from, for what. 

Any individual member of any Lodge, who shall resort to, 
institute or promote any scheme of raffle, lottery, gift enter- 
prise, or scheme of chance of any kind, shall be suspended 
from the Order. 

1876, Journal, 1231, 1264, 1299. 



220. How Maimed Person made eligible to. 

Resolved, That this Supreme Lodge hereby authorizes any 
Grand Lodge, in open session, to grant a dispensation to any 
of its Subordinates to initiate a maimed person into the 
Order; provided, that in no instance shall a dispensation be 
granted to a person, incapable of making a honest liveli- 
hood for himself and family. 

1873, Journal, 710, 720, 744, 745. 

1874, Journal, 900, 932, 933. 

221. Same. 

The discretion allowed to Grand Lodges, when in session, 
by the above resolution, is extended to Grand Chancellors, 
during the recess of the Grand Lodge. 

1876, Journal, 1235, 1266, 1285, 129-1. 

222. Same. 

Upon application from a Subordinate Lodge, under the 
immediate jurisdiction of the Supreme Lodge, under its 
Seal, approved by the Deputy Supreme Chancellor of the 
District or Jurisdiction, the Supreme Chancellor may grant 
a dispensation for the admission of a maimed person, if in 
his judgment it appears proper, subject to the same restric- 
tions made to Grand Lodges as above stated. 

1875, Journal, 1040, 1097, 1114, 1121. 



MEMBERSHIP. 39 

223. As to suspension of Maimed Members. 

Resolved, That the laws of this Order do not require the 
suspension of a member who, after his initiation, has been 
maimed. 

1873, Journal, 744, 745, (Appendix), 33, 34. 

1874, Journal, 932, 933. 

224. Acquired by Deposit of Certificate under Seal, upheld. 

A member having been voted a Withdrawal Card by his 
Lodge, received in place thereof — the Lodge having no Cards 
— a Certificate under the Seal of the Lodge. This was ac- 
cepted by the Grand Chancellor upon application for a 
Charter for a new Lodge; the member was elected to the 
office of Chancellor Commander of the new Lodge, and served 
in that capacity, bearing his portion of the Lodge's burdens. 
No charges being preferred against him, and all having 
acted in the matter in good faith : held, that he was entitled 
to his membership in the new Lodge, and to his honors as 
Past Chancellor thereof. 

1876, Journal, 1305, 1306. 

225. Hawaiians not eligible to. 

The aboriginal natives of the Hawaiian or Sandwich 
Islands, are not eligible to membership in the Order under 
the Constitution and Laws as at present existing. 

1875, Journal, 1037, 1096, 1099, 1129, 1130. 

226. Elected Candidate may be refused Admission, when. 

An applicant for membership in a Subordinate Lodge, 
under the. immediate jurisdiction of the Supreme Lodge, 
having been elected to the Page Rank, and before being 
instructed in it, is found to be unworthy from facts not made 
known when his case was before the Locl^e, may be refused 
admission by a majority vote of the Lodge present, and if 
rejected the fee must be returned to him. 

1875, Journal, 1042, 1097, 1114, 1121. 

227. Same. 

The question of whether an elected candidate can be 
refused admission to the Lodge in case objections are found 
to exist against him, and if so, what vote is requisite to 
exclude him, are proper matters for local legislation. 

1875, Journal, 1042, 1097, 1114, 1115, 1121. 

228. Ballot upon Application for. 

Under the present law the same ballot must be had upon 
an application for membership by card as by initiation. 

1875, Journal, 1042, 1097, 1114, 1121. 



40 MEMBERSHIP. 

229. How Member reinstated to, in certain cases. 

Lodges working directly under the control of the Supreme 
Lodge, may reinstate members suspended for non-payment 
of dues, upon the payment of one year's dues and all assess- 
ments charged during that year. Beyond this it is discre- 
tionary with the Lodge. 

1875* Journal, 1043, 1097, 1114, 1121. 

230 Ruling as to suspended Members being subject t3 Dues. 

Unless under the provisions of constitutional enactments, 
it is not lawful to charge parties, suspended for non-payment 
of dues, with dues, after the act of suspension, until re- 
instated. 

1875, Journal, 1112, 1142, 1156. 

231. Applicants for, cannot be donated Fees. 

Resolved, That the refunding, or donating, or promising 
directly or indirectly, to refund or donate to applicants for 
membership in this Order, any portion of the initiation 
fee, is a violation of Section 8 of Article VIII, of the Con- 
stitution. 

1875, Journal, 1133, 1140. 

232. Reinstatement to, a local matter. 

The manner and form of, and rules for the reinstatement 
of members suspended for non-payment of dues, or for other 
causes, are matters entirely for local legislation. 

1874, Journal, 902, 909. 
1871, Journal, 428. 

233. When not continued on reorganization of Lodge. 

Upon application to reorganize a suspended Lodge, a 
member notified of such reorganization, and paying no 
attention thereto during his life, cannot be considered a 
member thereof at the time of his death. 

1874. Journal, 944. 

234. When may be acquired out of jurisdiction of Residence. 

Lodges of one Grand Jurisdiction have no right to initi- 
ate residents of another Jurisdiction into the Order, with- 
out the consent of the Lodge nearest to which the appli- 
cant resides. 

1872, Journal, 580. 

1873, Journal, (Appendix), 37. 

235. Can only be in one Lodge. 

Ruled by the Supreme Chancellor, that a person cannot 
be a member of two Subordinate Lodges of the Order at the 
same time. 

1873, Journal, (Appendix), 37. 



MEMBERSHIP. 41 

236. Withdrawing Application for. 

An application for membership cannot be withdrawn, 
even by unanimous consent, after the report of the Com- 
mittee of Investigation has been read to the Lodge. So 
ruled by the Supreme Chancellor. 

1873, Journal, (Appendix), 38. 

237. Ballot on Application for. 

Ruled by the Supreme Chancellor, that three black balls 
appearing on the first ballot, the applicant for membership 
is rejected, and no other ballot is required to be taken. 

1873, Journal, (Appendix), 39. 

238. Soliciting Candidates to join the Order. 

Great caution and discrimination should be used in the 
solicitation of candidates for membership in the Order, al- 
though the Supreme Lodge refused to declare such practice 
wrong or to forbid it. 

1871, Journal, 401, 413. 

239. Persons unable to Write not eligible. 

Persons who are unable to write are not eligible for mem- 
bership in the Order. A person admitted as a Page, who is 
able to write his name, is entitled to advance in the Order. 

1873, Journal, 687, 768. 
1870, Journal, 177, 204, 229. 

240. Reinstating suspended Members etc. 

Denning the status of suspended members, and fixing the 
mode and manner by which they can again be admitted to 
the Order, are proper matters for local legislation. 

1873, Journal, 690, 734. 

241. Reinstatement of suspended Members. 

LTnder the By-Laws of a Lodge, providing that "a brother 
suspended for non-payment of dues shall be reinstated by 
paying up all arrearages," held, that upon such payment, the 
brother was thereby reinstated, without any written appli- 
cation to the Lodge, or further action on his part. 

1S72, Journal, 566, 567, 5SS, 589. 

242. Colored Persons, Ladies and Minors. 

Ladies, minors and colored persons, are not eligible to 
membership in the Order. 

1872, Journal, 5(54, 599. 

1871, Journal, 260, 313, 315, 341, 379, 3S2, 383. 

1869, Journal, 68, 86, 96, 101. 



42 MEMORIAL CHART — NAME OF ORDER. 

243. Reinstatement by order of Supreme Lodge. 

All Subordinate Lodges having suspended any member or 
members, for subscribing to the obligation issued by the 
Supreme Lodge, relative to the S.P.K., are directed forth- 
with to reinstate such member or members to their full 
rights of membership, and to refrain from enforcing from 
such members the payment of any dues or penalties during 
the continuance of such suspension. The above require- 
ment to be carried into effect by the several Grand Lodges. 

1871, Journal, 427. 

244. Effect of Suspension for Non-payment of Dues. 

A brother suspended for non-payment of dues, ceases to 
be a member of the Order until he is reinstated. 

1870, Journal, 225. 



MEMORIAL CHART. 

245. To be furnished as other Supplies. 

Resolved, That the Official Memorial Chart and Patent of 
Membership, shall hereafter be furnished by the Supreme 
Keeper of Records and Seal, to the Grand Keepers of Records 
and Seal, and through them to the several Subordinate 
Lodges, in the same manner as all other Supplies. 

1875, Journal, 1155. 

246. Official Memorial Charts adopted. 

By resolutions of the Supreme Lodge, an " Official Memorial 
Membership Chart and Patent of the Order," was duly and 
regularly adopted, the details of which are fully presented. 

1874, Journal, 904, 979-983, 989. 

1875, Journal, 1022-1024, 1096, 1126. 

247. Same. Official Recognition of all other Charts withdrawn. 

The Sunreme Lodge, by resolution, withdrew, rescinded 
and annulled, all official recognition heretofore given to any 
Chart, by whomsoever issued, and requested the various Grand 
Lodges to order their Subordinates hereafter to attach their 
seals to none other than the said Official Memorial Chart. 

1874, Journal, 904, 979-983. 



NAME OF ORDER. 

248. Use of Name for Advertising. 

No membjr of the Order has the right to make use of the 
name of the Order publicly, in any manner, for pecuniary 



OFFENCES — OFFICE. 43 

benefit, except in advertising periodicals, supplies or regalia 
for the Order. 

1870, Journal, 188, 209, 229. 



OFFENCES. 

249. Promoting Raffles, Lotteries, etc. 

Resolved, That no Grand Lodge, nor Subordinate Lodge of 
this Order, nor any individual member of any Lodge, shall, 
in the name of the Order, resort to, institute or promote, any 
scheme of raffle, lotteries, gift enterprises, or schemes of 
chance of any kind. Any Grand Lodge violating this rule, 
shall forfeit its Charter to the Supreme Lodge. Any Sub- 
ordinate Lodge violating this rule, shall forfeit its Charter 
to its Grand Lodge. Any individual member of any Lodge 
who shall violate this rule, shall be suspended from the 
Order. 

1876, Journal, 1231, 1264, 1299. 

250. Using the Emblems, etc., of the Order, for Advertising, etc. 

Except by such parties as may be engaged in the manufac- 
ture or sale thereof, the display by members of the Order, at 
their place of business, of any of the emblems or insignia of 
the Order, or using the same in any manner as a means of 
advertising, is highly reprehensible, and if persisted in, the 
offender should be proceeded against under the law. 

1875, Journal, 1133, 1143. 

251. Using Name of the Order. 

No member of the Order has the right to make use of the 
name of the Order publicly, in any manner, for pecuniary 
benefit, except in advertising periodicals, supplies or regalia 
for the Order. 

1870, Journal, 188, 209, 229. 

252. Criminal Intent an Element in every Offence. 

Where no criminal intent appeared, the judgment of a 
Lodge, finding a member guilty of an offence, was reversed. 

1874, Journal, 871, 938. 



OFFICE. 

253. When may be vacated. Special Case. 

Under a Grand Lodge Constitution, which provided that 
business of a local character might be transacted at a semi- 
annual session, but all business of a general character, 



44 OFFICERS. 

affecting the interests of Subordinate Lodges throughout 
the State, should be transacted at the annual session : held, 
that a Grand Lodge had the right, by resolution, at a semi- 
annual sesion, to vacate the position of Grand Chancellor, 
and devolve the duties thereof upon the Grand Vice Chan- 
cellor, until the annual session ; the laws of said Grand 
Lodge which might be applied to such a case, providing 
that an officer, against whom charges are preferred, may, by 
resolution, vacate the position held, pending trial. 

1874, Journal, 861-868, 945. 

1875, Journal, 1127-1129. 

254. Honors of Office. 

The honors of the same office can be given to but one 
person for the same term. 

1872, Journal, 564, 582, 585. 

255. Grand Vice Chancellor, Honors of. 

While the laws of the Order confer upon the Grand Vice 
Chancellor the duties and powers of the Grand Chancellor, 
during the absence, or in case of resignation, removal or 
death of the Grand Chancellor, for the time being, they do 
not confer upon him the honors of that office. 

1871, Journal, 245, 340. 



OFFICERS. 

256. Which elected and which appointed. 

Under the present Constitution and Ritual of the Order, 
the C.C., V.C., P., K. of R. and S., M. of F., and M. of E., must 
be elected by ballot ; the M. at A. may be elected or appointed 
as each Grand Lodge may determine; and the I.G., O.G., and 
Attendants must be appointed. 

1875, Journal, 1043, 1097, 1114, 1121. 
1873, Journal, 705, 768. 

257. When first Officers acquire Past Rank. 

At the institution of a Subordinate Lodge, working 
directlv under the control of the Supreme Lodge, the P.C., 
C.C., V.C., P., K. of R. and S., M. of F., and M. of E, take 
the Rank of Past Chancellor, provided said officers serve to 
the end of their official term. After that the Rank is 
obtained only by service as Chancellor Commander. 

1875, Journal, 1043, 1097, 1114, 1121. 

258. Of Grand Lodges, subject to Trial. 

As a general proposition, there are no written rules or 
declaratory law for conducting proceedings upon charges 



OFFICERS. 45 

against a Grand Lodge officer. The right to try, to suspend, 
or even to remove from office, do of necessity exist, and there 
is no impropriety, in the absence of specific written rules, 
in using, as a guide for the action of a Grand Lodge, the laws 
prescribed for the government of Subordinate Lodges in 
analagous cases. 

1874, Journal, 861-868, 945. 

1875, Journal, 1127-1129. 

259. When may be nominated. 

Under Subdivision 5, of Section 2, Article VIII, Supreme 
Lodge Constitution, independent nominations for the officers 
of a Subordinate Lodge may be made upon the night of elec- 
tion, as also on the night of meeting preceding. 

1875, Journal, 1131, 1139, 1140. 

260. Cannot be installed by Proxy. 

It is contrary to the established customs and ritualistic 
ceremonies of the Order, to provide, that in case of the 
absence of an elective Grand Officer, at the time of instal- 
lation, he may be installed by proxy. 

1875, Journal, 1139. 

261. When need not give Sign on entering, etc. 

Ruled by the Supreme Chancellor, that any officer or 
member retiring from the Lodge under an order, or reenter- 
ing after having performed the duty for which sent out, is 
not required to give the sign in retiring or returning, but 
must work his way through the doors. 

1873, Journal, (Appendix), 38. 

262. Installation of Grand Lodge Officers. 

The Supreme Chancellor and Grand Chancellor being 
absent, held, that it was entirely competent for the ceremony 
of installation of the officers of the Grand Lodge to be per- 
formed by a Past Grand Chancellor. 

1872, Journal, 590, 591, 626. 

263. Of Grand Lodge, when entitled to vote. 

Unless the Constitution of a Grand Lodge otherwise pro- 
vides, the elective officers are entitled to vote on all ques- 
tions coming before the Grand Lodge. 

1871, Journal, 361, 362, 391. 

263a. Must not exceed Instructions. 

Officers or Trustees of a Lodge should be governed by, 
and not exceed, any instructions they may receive from 
their Lodge. 

1S71, Journal, 374 376, 395. 



46 OFFICIAL ORGAN — OFFICIAL RECEIPT. 

263b. Election of. 

Ruled by the Supreme Lodge, that although Supreme 
Lodge Officers were required to be elected by ballot, still it 
was competent, in cases where there was but one nominee 
for an office, to authorize by motion, one member to cast the 
vote of the Supreme Lodge for such nominee. 

1870, Journal, 194, 195, 196. 

263c. Same. 

Notwithstanding such motion, however, it is still the right 
of every member of the Supreme Lodge present, to vote for 
such officer, if he desires so to do. 

1870, Journal, 194, 195, 196. 

263d. Resolution as to Mileage. 

No Supreme Lodge Officer or Representative shall receive 
his mileage and expenses, unless he is present at the close 
of the session, or is excused by the Supreme Chancellor. 

1869, Journal, 94. 



OFFICIAL ORGAN. 

264. Of Supreme Lodge. 

The Supreme Lodge, while encouraging all reputable pub- 
lications in the interest of the Order, does not recognize any 
publication, of whatever name, as its official organ 1 

1873, Journal, 710, 721. 



OFFICIAL RECEIPT. 

265. Should always accompany Order for S.A.P.W. 

A Chancellor Commander may require a visiting brother 
presenting an order for the semi-annual pass word, to show 
a receipt for dues before instructing him in the word. A 
receipt should always accompany an order for the semi- 
annual password. Only the Official Receipt can be recog- 
nized as legal. 

1876, Journal, 1227, 1266, 1296 

266. Resolutions establishing. 

Resolved, That the Supreme Chancellor and the Supreme 
Keeper of Records and Seal be, and hereby are authorized to 
issue receipts, which shall be furnished to all Grand and 
Subordinate Lodges at $2.00 per 100; and that no receipt 
shall be authoritative or evidence of payment of dues, assess- 



OFFICIAL EECEIPT. 47 

merits or other claims of the Lodge, unless written upon 
such receipt, and bearing the seal of the Supreme Lodge. 

Resolved, That the receipt above mentioned, go into effect 
on and after July 1st, 1875. 

1875, Journal, 1165. 

267. Form of Receipt. 

(FRONT.) 

HPflPIA! RFP.PIDT FOR RIIFQ Not genuine unless bearing on its back the Sea! 

UrriUlHL nLULITI run UULO of the Supreme Lodge and the signature of 

the Supreme Keeper of Records and Seal. 

No. „ .._ LODGE, No. , K. of P. 

, ..._ 187 

Received oj 'Brother 

Dues from 187 to 28T_ $ _ 

Assessments _ 

Widows 1 and Orphans 1 Fund 

Other Claims _ 



Impress Lodge Seal on this Receipt. Blaster of Finance. 



(BACK.) 

Office of tUe SUPREME KEEPER OF RECORDS & SEAL, 

Columbus, Ohio, June 24, 1875, Pythian Period XII. 

At the Seventh Annual Session of the Supreme Lodge Knights 

of Pythias of the World, held in the City of Washington, Grand 7T 

Jurisdiction of the District of Columbia, May 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22, g 

1875, the following was adopted : g 

" Whereas, Much trouble and difficulty has from time to time oc- *i 

curred from the want of an authoritative receipt, which shall, upon a 

its face not only show the payment of all claims of the Lodge g 

against a Brother, but also be authoritative evidence to the Order g 

throughout the World, not only of membership, but good standing £ 

in the Order ; therefore be it e> 

"Resolved, That the Supreme Chancellor and Supreme Keeper of M 

Records and Seal be, and hereby are authorized to issue receipts, § 
which shall be furnished to all Grand and Subordinate Lodges at 

$2.00 per 100 ; and that no receipt shall be authoritative or evidence ^ 

of payment of dues, assessments, or other claims of a Lodge against w 

a member of a Subordinate Lodge unless written upon such receipt, iili 
and bearing the Seal of the Supreme Lodge. 

"Resolved, That the receipt above mentioned go into effect on and 
after July 1st, 1875." JOSEPH DO WD ALL, 

Supreme Keeper of Records and Seal. 



48 PAGE, ESQUIKE A$D KNIGHT — PASSWORDS, 

268. Effect of. 

The Official Receipt is authoritative evidence to the 
Order throughout the World, not only of membership but 
of good standing in the Order, 

1875, Journal, 1165, 



PAGE, ESQUIRE AND KNIGHT. 

268a. Withdrawal Card to issue to, when. 

A Page, having become such in a Lodge that thereafter 
becomes extinct, wishing to connect himself with the Order 
in another Jurisdiction, would be entitled to a Card issued 
from the Grand Lodge, under the jurisdiction of which he 
was a member, which he would be entitled to deposit in 
another Jurisdiction, as in other cases. 

1876, Journal, 1311, 1314. 

268b. When entitled to visit Lodge. 

Ruled by the Supreme Chancellor, that Pages and Es- 
quires are entitled to be admitted into a Lodge, when opened 
and working in those Ranks respectively, and if having to 
pass the outer door, they should do so upon the order of the 
Chancellor Commander. 

1873, Journal, (Appendix), 38. 

268c. Semi-Annual Password not given to. 

Ruled by the Supreme Chancellor, that Pages and Es- 
quires cannot be invested with the Semi-annual Password. 

1873. Journal, (Appendix), 38. 

268d. " Sir " not used. 

The word " Sir " should not be used in designating mem- 
bers of the Knight Rank in the Order. 

1872, Journal, 563, 564 598. 

268e. Terms applicable to Esquire and Knight Ranks. 

The terms "prove" and "charge" and their derivatives 
applied respectively to the conferring of the Esquire and 
Knight Ranks. 

1871, Journal, 364, 365, 385. 



PASSWORDS. 

269. Receipt for Dues to accompany Order for Password. 

A Chancellor Commander may require a visiting brother, 
presenting an order for the Semi-annual Password, to show a 
receipt for dues before instructing him in the word. A 



PASSWORDS. 49 

receipt should always accompany an order for the Semi- 
annual Password. Only the Official Receipt can be recog- 
nized as legal. 

1876, Journal, 1227, 1266, 1296. 

270. When Chancellor Commander may instruct in. 

Ruled by the Supreme Chancellor, that the Chancellor Com- 
mander of a Lodge is empowered to instruct the members of 
his own Lodge in the Semi-annual Password ; also, all mem- 
bers of Lodges within or without his Jurisdiction, presenting 
an order for it, under Seal of their Lodge, signed by the Chan- 
cellor Commander, attested by the Keeper of Records and 
Seal, and presenting the usual evidence of their good 
standing. 

1876, Journal, 1228. 

271. Semi-Annual, issued by Supreme Chancellor. 

The Supreme Chancellor is authorized to issue a Universal 
Semi-annual Password, which, in connection with the usual 
evidence of good standing, shall be sufficient to admit any 
brother into any Lodge of the Order. 

1875, Journal, 1103, 1106, 1144-1146. 
1868, Journal, 18, 55. 

272. When Member entitled to Semi-Annual. 

A member, to be entitled to the Semi-annual Password, 
must pay all dues to the commencement of a term. This is, 
however, subject to the right of State Grand Bodies to deter- 
mine the length of time a member may be in arrears, before 
he can be deprived of such password. 

1875, Journal, 1042, 1097, 1114, 1116, 1121. 
1372, Journal, 466, 575, 612, 613. 

273. Supreme Chancellor may rescind. 

The Supreme Chancellor is authorized to rescind the 
Semi-annual Password of a Grand Jurisdiction, providing 
the exigencies of the case demand it. 

1875, Journal, 1115, 1116. 

274. Advance payments required not to deprive of S.A.P.W. 
A Subordinate Lodge may collect dues in advance, but 

cannot declare a member in arrears for dues, who has paid 
the same to the first of a term; or allow the advance pay- 
ment required, to invalidate the member's right to benefits 
or the S.A.P.W. 

1875, Journal, 1042, 1097, 1114, 1121. 

275. How may be taken up, upon Lodge Visitation. 

It is competent for the Chancellor Commander of a Lodge 
to appoint the Master at Arms, to receive the Pass Avoid in 



50 PASSWORDS. 

the ante-room, from members of a visiting Lodge after each 
of the visiting Knights have worked their way through the 
outer door, and the Lodge can then be admitted as a body. 

1874, Journal, tfl3, 935. 

276. As to Member holding Withdrawal Card being entitled 

to P.W. 

Ruled by the Supreme Chancellor, that a member holding 
a Withdrawal Card, was entitled to the Semi-annual Pass- 
word for the term in which issued, and inferentially to visit 
Lodges on such Password during such term. 

]873, Journal, (Appendix), 36. 
1872, Journal, 4(57, 575, 612, 613. 

277. Semi-Annual, in what Rank used. 

The Semi-Annual Password can only be used, given or 
taken, in connection with, and for the purpose of determin- 
ing a member's right to sit in the Lodge when open in the 
Knight's Rank. So ruled by the Supreme Chancellor. 

1873, Journal, (Appendix), 38. 

278. When Chancellor Commander may exact. 

Ruled by the Supreme Chancellor, thau the Chancellor 
Commander of a Lodge has the right to exact the Semi- 
Annual Password, whenever, and wherever, he deems the 
safety of the work requires it, or whenever any doubt exists 
as to a person's good standing or right to attend the Lodge. 

1873, Journal, (Appendix), 38. 

279. Persons not in possession of, when to be excluded. 

A Subordinate Lodge has the right, and it is its dut} r , to 
refuse admission to any one unless in possession of the 
S.A. P.W., as also the ante-rooms must be cleared of all 
who are without it, be they members or candidates, unless 
otherwise ordered by the Chancellor Commander. So ruled 
by the Supreme Chancellor. 

1873, Journal, (Appendix), 38. 

280. May be communicated to C.C. outside of Lodge Room. 

The Grand Chancellor, or his Deputy, may instruct the 
Chancellor Commander in the Semi-annual Password, out- 
side of the Lodge Room. 

1873, Journal, 703, 723, 724. 

281. To whom P.W. given. 

The Term Password is to be communicated to Knights 
only ; it cannot be given to Pages or Esquires. 

1870, Journal, 229. 

1873, Journal, (Appendix), 38. 



PAST CHANCELLOR. 51 

282. Grand Lodge Password. 

The Password of the Grand Lodge is changed annually, 
and is uniform throughout the Order, and to emanate from 
the Supreme Lodge, through the Supreme Chancellor. 

1889, Journal, 67, 101. 



PAST CHANCELLOR. 

283. Who eligible to election to office of. 

No one but a Past Chancellor can be directly elected to fill 
the office of Pa,st Chancellor in a Lodge, in case of a vacancy, 
for any cause, occurring in the said position. 

1876, Journal, 1234, 1266, 1302. 

284. When Member filling office of, subject to fine. 

Under the laws of a Lodge which provide for the fining 
of officers for non-attendance at meetings, the Past Chan- 
cellor necessarily becoming such by virtue of his election 
and service in the office of Chancellor Commander, is a 
sitting officer of the Lodge, and liable to fines the same as 
other officers. 

1876, Journal, 1234, 1266, 1302, 1306. 

285. Rights, Duties and Responsibilities of, what subject to. 

The incidental rights, duties and responsibilities of the 
sitting Past Chancellor of a Lodge, are proper subjects for 
local legislation. 

1876, Journal, 1234, 1266, 1302. 

1875, Journal, 1042, 1097, 1114, 1121. 

286. When reelected Chancellor Commander entitled to Rank of. 

A Chancellor Commander elected for a second term, is 
entitled to the Rank and title of Past Chancellor, and to 
wear the Regalia of that Rank immediately after his second 
installation, and is thereupon eligible to be elected as Repre- 
sentative to his Grand Lodge, unless disqualified by local 
law. 

1875, Journal, 1042, 1097, 1114, 1121. 
1872, Journal, 468, 575, 613. 

287. When First Officers of Lodge acquire Rank of. 

At the institution of a Subordinate Lodge, working 
directly under the control of the Supreme Lodge, the P.C., 
C.C., V.C., P., K. of R. and S., M. of F., and M. of E., take 
the Rank of Past Chancellor, provided said officers serve to 
the end of their official term. After that the Rank is 
obtained only by service as Chancellor Commander. 

1875, Journal, 1043, 1097, 1114, 1121. 



52 PAST CHANCELLOR. 

288. Same. 

Held, by the Supreme Lodge, on inquiry by a Represen- 
tative from a Grand Lodge, that in the formation of a Sub- 
ordinate Lodge, the office of Past Chancellor thereof should 
be filled by selection of the Charter members at the institu- 
tion of the Lodge, and that the person serving in that 
capacity until the end of the term, would have the honors 
of the office. 

1872, Journal, 620, 630. 

289. Sitting P.O. taking Card, what Rank. 

If a sitting Past Chancellor takes a -Withdrawal Card 
from his Lodge, upon depositing the same in another 
Lodge, he would take the Rank of Past Chancellor. A 
Rank Credential as Past Chancellor should also be issued 
to him with the Card, upon which he would be entitled to 
receive the Grand Lodge Rank. 

1875, Journal, 1043, 1097, 1114, 1121. 

290. Conferring Rank of, matter for Local Jurisdictions. 

Whether or not the Rank of Past Chancellor shall be con- 
ferred upon K's of R. and S., M's of F., or M's of E., who have 
served a specified length of time in such positions, or upon 
any Knights, as a reward for other meritorious services, is a 
matter for local Jurisdictions. 

1875, Journal, 1005, 1132, 1140, 1146, 1156. 

1874, Journal, 871, 927, 940, 944. 

1873, Journal, 699, 703, 704, 710, 727, 732, 733, 734, 735. 

1870, Journal, 185, 199. 



291. Where Rank conferred. 

The Past Chancellor's Rank, being a Ritualistic Rank, and 
fully provided for in the Grand Lodge Rituals, can only be 
conferred in the Grand Lodge, with its attendant ceremonies. 

1874, Journal, 913, 935. 

292. Rank Credentials of. 

Ruled by the Supreme Chancellor, that the Past Official 
Rank of Past Chancellor or Past Grand Chancellor, must be 
evidenced by a certificate, signed by the proper Grand 
Officers, duly attested with the Grand Lodge Seal, prior to 
said Official Rank being recognized, when affiliating by Card 
in any other Lodge than the one in which being a member, 
where said Rank was attained, (a) 

18'. 3, Journal, (Appendix), 36. 

(a) See as bearing upon this subject post, 305, 461, 463, and Article 
XXIV, Supreme Lodge Constitution. 



PAST GRAND CHANCELLOR. 53 

293. Past Chancellor in full. 

A Past Chancellor in full, Is one who has been regularly 
obligated and instructed, in the Grand Lodge, in that Rank. 

1873, Journal, 568, 575, 613. 

294. Past Rank under Provisional Supreme Lodge. 

Ruled by the Supreme Lodge, that under the Laws of the 
Provisional Supreme Lodge, the Recording Scribes and 
Bankers, serving in such offices for one year, or filling the 
unexpired part of a term, were entitled to the Rank of Past 
Chancellor. 

1869, Journal, 87, 106. 

1870, Journal, 186, 225, 226. 

295. Taxation of, by Grand Lodge. 

A Grand Lodge has no power to levy assessments upon 
the Past Chancellors of said Grand Lodge, for the purpose of 
pajdng the expenses thereof, and thereupon refuse to admit 
to the Grand Lodge such as might refuse to pay the assess- 
ment. 

1870, Journal, 197, 198, 203. 



PAST GRAND CHANCELLOR. 

296. Who not eligible to election as. 

Since the adoption of the Constitution of the Supreme 
Lodge, in 1874, there has been no authority in a Grand Lodge 
to elect a Past Grand Chancellor from among Past Chancel- 
lors only ; although there is no express, there is an implied 
prohibition of such action. 

1876, Journal, 1283, 1286. 

297. Same. 

The same rule existed under the old law. 

1872, Journal, 469, 575, 613. 

298. When Member entitled to Rank. of. 

Resolved, That hereafter, any Grand Chancellor who has 
served a full term in that office, and against whom no 
charges are pending, shall be entitled to the Rank and title 
of Past Grand Chancellor, as soon as his successor is in- 
stalled. 

1875, Journal, 1034, 1096, 1113, 1121. 

1S73, Journal, 710, 735. 

299. Same. 

Resolved, That a Grand Chancellor, on being reelected, 
shall be entitled to the Rank and title of Past Grand Chan- 
cellor immediately after his second installation. 

1S75, Journal, 1034, 1096, 1113, 1121. 



54 PAST GRAND CHANCELLOR. 

300. When prima facie entitled to Supreme Lodge Rank, etc. 

A Grand Chancellor, having served the full term expressed 
in the law at the time of his election, and holding a certifi- 
cate to that effect, would prima facie be entitled to admis- 
sion to the Supreme Lodge ; but this does not prevent the 
Supreme Lodge from refusing entrance to an improper person, 
or from excluding from admision such an one for matters 
arising after the issuing of his certificate. 

1S74, Journal, 945. 
1875, Journal, 1127-1129. 

301. Rank of, how acquired. 

It is inexpedient to provide for any other method, for 
attaining the Rank of Past Grand Chancellor, than the 
customary one of service in the chair of Grand Chancellor. 

1875, Journal, 1134, 1152. 

302. Same. 

A Grand Chancellor elected to fill a vacancy, who serves 
out the balance of the unexpired term, is entitled to the 
honors of the office. 

1874, Journal, 899, 932, 933. 

303. Rank of, not to be avoided. 

A Grand Lodge, having elected a Past Grand Chancellor, 
under the law which authorized such an election, and having 
issued proper credentials thereof, such credentials having 
been passed upon and approved by the Supreme Lodge, the 
Grand Lodge cannot thereafter declare such election null 
and void, and proceed thereupon to elect another to receive 
said Rank. 

1874, Journal, 871, 906, 932. 

304. When admitted to Supreme Lodge. 

Resolved, That at any subsequent session of the Supreme 
Lodge, new members shall only be admitted at the opening 
of the morning sessions on the first two days, and the morning 
session of the last day. 

1875, Journal, 1166. 

305. Rank Credentials of. 

Ruled by the Supreme Chancellor, that the Past Official 
Rank of Past Chancellor or Past Grand Chancellor, must be 
evidenced by a certificate, signed by the proper Grand Officers, 
duly attested with the Grand Lodge Seal, prior to said Official 
Rank being recognized, when affiliating by Card in any other 
Lodge than the one in which being a member where said 
Rank was attained, (a) 

1873, Journal, (Appendix), 36. 

(a) See as bearing upon this subject ante, 292, and post, 461, 463, 
and Article XXIV, Supreme Lodge Constitution. 



PAST GRAND CHANCELLOR. 55 

308. Vacancy in complement of. 

A vacancy in the number of Past Grand Chancellors in a 
Jurisdiction, caused by the suspension of one of said number 
for a term of years, cannot be filled by the election of another 
from the Past Chancellors of such Jurisdiction. 

1873, Journal, 672, 673. 

307. Installation of. 

There is no ceremony provided for, or necessary, in passing 
from the office of Grand Chancellor to the Office and Rank of 
Past Grand Chancellor. 

1873, Journal, 710. 735. 

308. When not entitled to be admitted to Supreme Lodge. 

A Past Grand Chancellor, in order to be entitled to admis- 
sion to the Supreme Lodge, must be a member in good 
standing of a Subordinate Lodge of the Order. 

1872, Journal, 444. 

309. Admitted in Supreme Lodge without Credentials. Special 

Case. 
On motion of the Representative from a Grand Jurisdic- 
tion, a Past Grand Chancellor of the same Jurisdiction 
admitted and instructed in the Supreme Lodge Rank, 
although his credentials had never reached the S.K. of 
R. and S's hands. 

1872, Journal, 447. 

310. Grand Vice Chancellor not entitled to Honors. 

While the laws of the Order confer upon the Grand Vice 
Chancellor the duties and powers of Grand Chancellor, 
during the absence, or in case of resignation, removal or 
death of the Grand Chancellor, for the time being, they do 
not confer upon him the honors of that office. 

1871, Journal, 245, 340. 

311. Ruling as to V.G.P., under old Law. 

Held, Under the law prior to the adoption of the new 
Constitution, that upon the reelection of a Grand Chan- 
cellor, the then (V.G.P.) Past Grand Chancellor would be 
entitled to hold over and retain that position another term. 

1871, Journal, 380, 392. 

312. Credentials, when to be sent to Supreme Lodge. 

The Grand Keepers of Records and Seal are required to 
transmit the credentials of Supreme Representatives and 
Past Grand Chancellors, at least twenty days before the 
session of the Supreme Lodge, to the Supreme Keeper of 
Records and Seal. 

1S71, Journal, 410. 



56 PUBLIC PARADES — PYTHIAN PERIOD. 

313. Honors not forfeited. 

Under the " Plan " for the organization of the Supreme 
Lodge, which declared all the then officers of the State 
Grand Lodges to be Past Grand Chancellors, ruled by the 
Supreme Lodge, that one of such officers having been 
admitted a member of the Supreme Lodge, and having been 
declared by that Body to be a Past Grand Chancellor, did not 
forfeit those honors by resigning his said office in the Grand 
Lodge before the expiration of the term thereof. 

1868, Journal, 23, 37, 38. 

314. Ruling, concerning. 

A Grand Chancellor of a State, being such at the date of 
the adoption of the " Plan " for the organization of the 
Supreme Lodge, May 15, 1868, and remaining such until 
the ratification of that " Plan," by the Grand Lodge of said 
State, although not so continuing until the organization of 
the Supreme Lodge under said " Plan," held, entitled to 
the Kank of Past Grand Chancellor. 

1868, Journal, 41, 45, 47, 59. 



PAST SUPREME CHANCELLOR. 

315. How Office filled. 

Ruled by the Supreme Lodge, that the retiring Supreme 
Chancellor fills the chair of Past Supreme Chancellor. 

1870, Journal, 194. 



PUBLIC PARADES. 

316. What may be worn in. 

Except at funerals, the prescribed Uniform of the Order, 
with or without Jewels, must be worn in public parade ; 
the collar cannot be worn upon any such occasion. 

1875, Journal, 1032, 1096, 1124. 



PYTHIAN PERIOD. 

317. Commencement of, etc. 

Resolved, That hereafter the term "Pythian Period" shall 
be used immediately after any date given of day, year, or 
month of the vulgar era, as follows : 

"This the day of A.D. 187.., and of Pythian 

Period the " in all official documents, dispensations, 



EAFFLES — RANKS. 57 

or charters emanating from or issued by this Supreme 
Lodge or Grand Lodges under its Jurisdiction; and be it 
further, 

Resolved, That the date of the Pythian Period shall date 
back, and commence on the 19th February, 1864, and each 
and every year thereafter, and to come, shall succeed in 
regular numerical order — commencing on the 19th day of 
February of each year. 

1871, Journal, 364, 385. 



RAFFLES. 

318. Penalties for promoting, etc. 

Resolved, That no Grand Lodge, nor Subordinate Lodge, of 
this Order, nor any individual member of any Lodge, shall, 
in the name of the Order, resort to, institute or promote, 
any scheme of raffle, lotteries, gift enterprises, or schemes of 
chance of any kind. Any Grand Lodge violating this rule, 
shall forfeit its Charter to the Supreme Lodge. Any 
Subordinate Lodge violating this rule, shall forfeit its 
Charter to its Grand Lodge. Any individual member of 
any Lodge, who shall violate this rule, shall be suspended 
from the Order. 

1876, Journal, 1231, 1264, 1299. 



RANKS. 

319. When may be conferred by request. 

A Subordinate Lodge may confer the Esquire and Knight 
Ranks on a Page, who has received that Rank in another 
Lodge, in the same or another Jurisdiction, upon a written 
official request of his Lodge, certifying that he has received 
the Rank of Page, and has paid for the other Ranks and 
been elected thereto. The Lodge conferring those Ranks 
should send to the Lodge making the request, an official 
notice of the Ranks having been conferred with date, and 
he should be entered on their books as holding rank accord- 
ingly. 

1875, Journal, 1043, 1097, 1114, 1121. 

320. When reballot may be had upon application for. 

In Subordinate Lodges under the immediate control of 
the Supreme Lodge, if a Page is rejected on a ballot for 
the Rank of Esquire, or an Esquire on a ballot for the Rank 
of Knight, another ballot ma} T be had in either case in one 
month thereafter. 

1875, Journal, 1043, 1097, 1114, 1121. 



58 REGALIA. 

321. Penalties for refusing to proceed in. 

Charges could not be preferred against an Esquire for 
refusing to proceed any further in the Knight's Rank, after 
having proceeded through a portion thereof. He would not, 
however, be entitled to any benefits, privileges or honors of 
the Knight's Rank. 

1875, Journal, 1133, 1140. 

322. Title adopted. 

The title of "Ranks" in lieu of "Degrees" adopted by the 
Supreme Lodge. 

1872, Journal, 561, 598. 

323. Amplified Knight's Rank, how conferred. 

Resolved, That the Third or Knight's Rank shall in no 
instance be conferred according to the * * Amplified Ritual 
of said Degree as adopted, unless the various parts have been 
memorized by all the persons officiating therein, so that the 
same can be conferred without the use of the book. 

1872, Journal, 637. 

324. Number recognized by Supreme Lodge. 

The Supreme Lodge recognizes no higher Rank or Ranks 
of the Order than the three now established in the Ritual of 
the Order. 

1868, Journal, 17. 



REGALIA. 

325. Provisions concerning, should not be inserted in Grand 

Lodge Constitution. 

Although it would not be illegal so to do, the provisions of 
the Supreme Lodge Laws, relative to Regalia, ought not to 
be introduced into a Grand Lodge Constitution, as any 
change made in such Laws by the Supreme Lodge, would 
cause a conflict between the two Laws. 

1876, Journal, 1310. 

326. What cannot be worn in Public. 

The Collar, established as the Regalia of the Order, can- 
not be worn in a street parade of any character. 

1875, Journal, 1032, 1096, 1124. 

327. What may be worn at Funerals. 

Lodges may appear in public parade, at funerals, wearing 
the funeral rosette on left breast, with or without Jewels ; 
also in Uniform, with or without Jewels, or in plain citizens- 
dress. 

1875, Journal, 1032, 1096, 1124. 



RELIEF BUREAUS — RITUALS. 59 

328. Kuling concerning. 

The Collar may be worn by Past Officers and Knights in 
a Lodge Room without the Jewel, but the Uniform never, 
unless the Collar be also worn. 

1875, Journals, 1042, 1097, 1114, 1121. 
1872, Journal, 638. 

329. Wearing Cap as Regalia. 

Resolved, That the Uniform Cap of the Order, as adopted, 
shall not be worn in a Lodge Room during its sessions, 
except by order of the Chancellor Commander. 

1873, Journal, 683, 734, 740, 742. 

330. When Supreme Lodge adopted. 

The Regalia for the use of the officers and members of the 
Supreme Lodge originally adopted. 

1868, Journal, 19, 20, 38, 39, 92, 97, 98. 



RELIEF BUREAUS. 

331. Organizing and Maintaining. 

The organizing and maintaining of Relief Bureaus, for 
the care of sojourning sick members of the Order, is a 
matter for local legislation. 

1873, Journal, 688-690, 722. 

1872, Journal, 535, 536, 578. 



RITUALS. 

332. When originally acted on by Supreme Lodge. 

Amendments to the Subordinate Lodge Rituals made by 
the Supreme Lodge. 

1868, Journal, 18, 19, 20, 38, 4S. 

333. Where to be kept. 

The Rituals, and other private work of the Order, should 
be, and remain in the charge and keeping of the Chancellor 
Commander of each Lodge, to be kept by him in some safe 
receptacle, under lock and key, within the Castle Hall of 
the Lodge, and not to be removed therefrom. 

1875, Journal, 1106, 1149, 1152. 

3^4. No part of, to be copied. 

All officers and members of Subordinate Lodges are pro- 
hibited, by the Supreme Lodge, from in any manner copying 
any part or parts of the several charges or other Ritualistic 
ceremonies of the Order. 

1S75, Journal, 1106, 1134. 



60 RITUALS. 

335. Memorizing of. 

Ruled by the Supreme Chancellor, that it is within the 
province of the Subordinate Lodge to declare in what space 
of time officers shall, by memorizing, be able to deliver the 
charges orally. 

1873, Journal, (Appendix), 37. 

336. Same. 

It is not competent for a Grand Chancellor to require that 
the Officers of Lodges, in his Jurisdiction, shall memorize 
the Ritualistic Charges of their offices, within a specified 
time after the installation, and that thereupon the Rituals 
shall be delivered to their District Deputy Grand Chancel- 
lors, to be retained by them until the next installation of 
officers. 

1873, Journal, 756. 

337. Revised and Amplified. 

A Revised and Amplified Ritual of the Order, containing 
the Ritualistic ceremonies for the use of all Subordinate 
Lodges, together with a designation of the titles, duties 
and positions of the various officers, adopted by the Su- 
preme Lodge. 

1872, Journal, 560, 562, 601, 603, 604, 609, 656-659. 

338. Lodges to select Form to use, in certain cases. 
Subordinate Lodges have the unqualified right to select 

for themselves, whether they will use the Amplified Form 
of the Knight's Rank, or the common form; and Grand 
Lodges have no right or power to control them in this 
regard. 

1873, Journal, 718. 

1872, Journal, 562, 603, 609. 

339. Translation of, into other Languages. 

The Ritual authorized to be translated into the French 
language. 1872, Journal, 598, 620. 

1873, Journal, (Appendix), 27. 
1871, Journal, 379, 386. 

340. Same. 

Also into the Scandinavian language. 

1872, Journal, 622, 623, 628. 

1873, Journal, (Appendix), 28, 29. 

341. Same. 

Also into the Bohemian language. 

1871, Journal, 261, 313, 341, 382. 
1870, Journal, 186, 191. 

342. Same. 

Also into the Spanish, Danish, Swedish and all other 
languages required, at such time as the necessities of the 
Order require, and the financial condition of the Supreme 
Lodge warrants. 1871, Journal, 379, 386. 

1872, Journal, 598. 



SEAL OF SUPREME LODGE. 



61 



343. Same. 
the German language. 

1868, Journal, 39, 44. 47, 55. 

1869, Journal, 86, 107, 116. 

344. Same. 

Also re-translated into German as soon as the Treasury 
of the Supreme Lodge will warrant. 

1871, Journal, 402, 418. 

345. Installation Rituals. 

Authorized to be printed in German. - 

1871, Journal, 381, 383. 

346. Installation Rituals. 

The Ritual for the installation of officers of Lodges 
adopted. 

1868, Journal, 18, 19, 20, 38, 48. 

347. For Supreme Lodge. 

The Ritual for the Supreme Lodge adopted. 

1868, Journal, 20, 38. 

348. For Grand Lodges. 

The Ritual for the use of Grand Lodges was adopted. 

1868, Journal, 18, 19, 20, 38, 48. 



SEAL OF SUPREME LODGE. 

349. Copyrighted. 

The Seal of the Supreme Lodge was duly copyrighted, 
and approved as follows : 

1875, Journal, 1029, 1116, 1134. 




62 



SEAL OF SUPREME LODGE. 



350. Same. 

The original copyrighting of the Seal took place June 22, 
1S70; its form being as above, but the indorsement around it 
being, "Entered according to Act of Congress in the Clerk's 
office of the Supreme Court, District of Columbia, by C. M. 
Barton, June 22, 1870," in place of the present one. 

1871, Journal, 261, 313, 341, 382, 383, 428. 

331. Adoption of Seal. 

The Seal was originally adopted and approved November 
10, 186S, being in form as above presented. The " explana- 
tion " of the Seal is as follows : The Seal is a polygon — five 
sided. The five sides represent the five Grand Lodges in 
existence upon the formation of the Supreme Lodge. On 
one side the date of the organization of the Supreme Lodge; 
on the other the date of the foundation of the Order. Over 
the Shield the word " Friendship," the corner stone of the 
Order. On the Shield a " flotant," with stars upon it, 
denoting our ascendency. The perpendicular lines denote 
the color "Blue"; the dots "Yellow"; the horizontal "Red"; 
thus showing the colors of the Order. The "Dirigo" means 
"I guide," or "I direct." Around the Shield is the initials 
of the mottoes — F. C. and B. 

1S68, Journal, 25, 45. 

352. Of Supreme Chancellor. 

An official. Seal of the Supreme Chancellor, to be recog- 
nized as such, was adopted by the Supreme Lodge as follows: 
1873, Journal, 719, 746, (Appendix), 13, 14. 




SUPPLIES — SUPREME CHANCELLOR. 63 

SUPPLIES, 

353. Cash to accompany order for. 

The Supreme Keeper of Records and Seal is strictly for- 
bidden to deliver any Supplies, to Grand Keepers of Records 
and Seal, or others, unless the cash accompany the order 
asking for such Supplies. 

1871, Journal, 410. 



SUPREME CHANCELLOR, 

354. How Hypothetical questions, etc., entertained by. 

Resolved, That neither the Supreme Chancellor, nor this 
Supreme Lodge, will hereafter receive or answer any hypo- 
thetical propositions or questions, submitted to them either 
in recess or during the session of the Supreme Lodge, except 
the same come from a Grand Lodge, or a Subordinate Lodge 
under the jurisdiction of this Supreme Lodge, and under 
the Seal thereof. 

1876, Journal, 1311. 

355. May issue Dispensation to admit Maimed Person. 

Upon application from a Subordinate Lodge, under the 
immediate jurisdiction of the Supreme Lodge, under its 
Seal, approved by the Deputy Supreme Chancellor of the 
the District or Jurisdiction, the Supreme Chancellor may 
grant a Dispensation for the admission of a maimed person, 
if in his judgment it appears proper, subject to the same 
restrictions made to Grand Lodges, as above stated. 

1875, Journal, 1040, 1097, 1114, 1121. 

356. May rescind S.A.P.W. 

The Supreme Chancellor is authorized to rescind the 
Semi-Annual Password of a Grand Jurisdiction, providing 
the exigencies of the case demand it. 

1875, "Journal, 1115, 1116. 

357. To retain Grand Lodge Journals. 

One copy of the Journals of the various Grand Lodges, 
upon their being duly bound, to be retained in the office of 
the Supreme Chancellor. 

1875, Journal, 1106, 1124. 

358. No power to order general Parade. 

The Supreme Chancellor has no power to order a general 
parade of the whole Order, upon a given time or at a given 

1874, Journal, 899, ( . 3i\ 933* 
6 



64 SUPREME KEEPER OF RECORDS AND SEAL. 

359. Official Seal. 

An Official Seal of the Supreme Chancellor, to be recog- 
nized as such, was adopted by the Supreme Lodge. See 
ante, 352. 

1873, Journal, 719, 746, (Appendix), 13, 14. 

360. To Commission Deputies. 

An Official Commission, to be issued by the Supreme 
Chancellor, under his Official Seal, to Deputy Supreme 
Chancellors, was adopted by the Supreme Lodge. 

1S73, Journal, 680, 719, 746, (Appendix), 12, 13. 

361. How to communicate with Subordinate Lodges. 

The legal method of communication, from the Supreme 
authority to the Subordinate Lodges of the several Jurisdic- 
tion, where Grand Lodges have been instituted^ is through 
the Grand Lodges. 

1872, Journal, 618, 624, 630. 

362. Suspending Grand Lodges and Grand Officers. 

The suspension of Grand Lodges and a Grand Chancellor, 
for insubordination, by the Supreme Chancellor during 
recess, confirmed by. the Supreme Lodge, (a) 

1873, Journal, 677, 680, 682j 713-715, (Appendix), 44-73. 

1871, Journal, 262-281, 286-288, 290, 291, 340-344, 386-388. 

363. Reports to be printed. 

Resolved, That the reports of the Supreme Chancellor and 
Supreme Keeper of Records and Seal, be printed previous 
to the annual sessions. 

1870, Journal, 219. 



SUPREME KEEPER or RECORDS & SEAL. 

364. When to have Grand Lodge Journals bound, etc. 

As soon as the funds of the Supreme Lodge will permit, 
the S.K. of R. and S. is authorized to have the Journals of 
the various Grand Lodges bound; one copy thereof to be 
retained in his office, arid the other in the office of the 
Supreme Chancellor. 

1875, Journal, 1106, 1124. 

365. To Supply Memorial Charts. 

Resolved, That the Official Memorial Chart and Patent of 
Membership shall hereafter be furnished by the Supreme 
Keeper of Records and Seal, to the Grand Keepers of Records 

(a) As bearing upon this question, attention is called to Section 6, 
Article VIIj of the present Supreme Lodge Constitution. See post, 
541. 



SUPREME KEEPER OF RECORDS AND SEAL. 65 

and Seal, and through them to the several Subordinate 
Lodges^ in the same manner as all other Supplies. 

1875, Journal, 1155. 

366. To supply Jewels* 

All Jewels of the Order must be procured from the Supreme 
Keeper of Records and Seal, being regarded as Supplies. 

1874, Journal, 972-976. 

367. To endeavor to procure reduced fares for Representatives. 
The Supreme Keeper of Records and Seal authorized to 

communicate with the various Railroad Companies, in the 
various Grand Jurisdictions, in view of securing reduced 
rates of fare for Supreme Representatives to and from the 
Supreme Lodge, and to inform the G. K. of R. and S. of the 
various Jurisdictions of any arrangements thus effected. 

1873, Journal, 726, 

368. To Submit detailed statements of Supplies, etc. 

The Supreme Keeper of Records and Seal is required to 
submit a detailed statement of Supplies ordered and received 
by him during the year; also of all Supplies belonging to 
the Supreme Lodge, that he may have on hand at each 
annual session. 

1874, Journal, 987. 

1872, Journal, 624. 

1870, Journal, 172, 173. 

369. Same, of Expenses, etc. 

The Supreme Keeper of Records and Seal is required to 
furnish annually, to the Supreme Lodge, a detailed arid 
vouched statement of the expenditures, on account of the 
appropriation for incidental expenses of his office. 

1872, Journal, 632, 633, 

370. Duty as to furnishing Supplies. 

The Supreme Keeper of Records and Seal is strictly for- 
bidden to deliver any Supplies to Grand Keepers of Records 
and Seal, or others, unless the cash accompany the order 
asking for such Supplies. 

1871, Journal, 410. 

371. Reports to be printed. 

Resolved, That the reports of the Supreme Chancellor 
and Supreme Keeper of Records and Seal, be printed pre- 
vious to the annual sessions. 

1S70, Journal, 219. 

372. Charged with care of Regalia. 

The care of the officers' regalia of the Supreme Lodge, 
especially devolved upon the S. K. of R. and S: 

1869, Journal, 100, 121. 



66 SUPREME LODGE. 

373. To notify of approval of Constitutions. 

The Supreme Keeper of Records and Seal is required to 
inform Grand Jurisdictions of the approval of Grand Lodge 
Constitutions, and instruct the Grand Keepers of Records 
and Seal to notify Subordinates of such approval. • 

1869, Journal, 112. 



SUPREME LODGE. 

374. What Legislation of, binding. 

Resolved, That the legislative acts of the Supreme Lodge, 
when they accord with the Supreme Lodge Constitution, 
are binding, and obligatory upon Grand and Subordinate 
Lodges and members. 

1876, Journal, 1232, 1266, 1302. 



375. May surrender its Jurisdiction temporarily. 

The Supreme Lodge may place any of its Subordinates 
temporarily under the jurisdiction of a contiguous Grand 
Lodge, but refuses to allow Grand Lodges to assume extra 
territorial jurisdiction. 

1876. Journal, 1310. 

1872, Journal, 620, 621, 627. 



376. How Hypothetical Questions, etc., entertained by. 

Resolved, That neither the Supreme Chancellor, nor this 
Supreme Lodge, will hereafter receive or answer any hypo- 
thetical propositions or questions, submitted to them either 
in recess or auring the session of the Supreme Lodge, except 
the same come from a Grand Lodge or a Subordinate Lodge, 
under the jurisdiction of this Supreme Lodge, and under the 
Seal thereof. 

1876, Journal, 1311. 

377. Same. 

All such matters, as specified in the last paragraph, are 
to be presented in proper form to the Committee on Law 
and Supervision, so far as possible, at least three weeks 
before the session of the Supreme Lodge ; and all matters 
not presented before the assembling of the Supreme Lodge, 
to be thereupon presented to the Chairman of the Committee 
on Law and Supervision, under the penalty, if not so pre- 
sented, of being subject to pass over to the subsequent session. 

1873, Journal, 768. 



SUPREME LODGE. 



67 



378. Seal of, copyrighted. 

The Seal of the Supreme Lodge was duly copyrighted and 
approved as follows. 

1875, Journal, 1029, 1116, 1134. 




379. Same. 

The original copyrighting of the Seal took place June 
22, 1870; its form being as above; but the indorsement 
around it being '"Entered according to Act of Congress, 
in the Clerk's office of the Supreme Court, Dist. of Col., by 
C. M. Barton, June 22, 1870," in place of the present one. 

1871, Journal, 261, 313, 341, 382, 383, 428. 

380. The head of the Order. 

No organization, Lodge, or other collection of men, can be, 
or have any right to claim to be, any part of the Knights of 
Pythias, unless they exist under and by virtue of the 
authority of the Supreme Lodge. 

1875, Journal, 1050, 1097, 1141, 1142. 



381. When may refuse Admission to P.G.C. 

A Grand Chancellor having served the full term expressed 
in the law at the time of his election, and holding a certifi- 
cate to that effect, would prima facie be entitled to admis- 
sion to the Supreme Lodge; but this does not prevent the 
Supreme Lodge from refusing entrance to an improper 
person, or from excluding from admission such an one for 
matters arising after the issuing of his certificate. 

1874, Journal, 945. 

1875, Journal, 1127-1129. 



GS SUPREME LODGE. 

382. May exclude Members, when. 

The Supreme Lodge has the right to eject from its midst 
one of its members who acts disorderly, contemns its au- 
thority, or by his conduct disgraces the Supreme Lodge; and 
has also the right to prevent the entrance of such an one. 

1875, Journal, 1127-1129. 

383. Representation in, when forfeited. 

Under Articles IX and XVIII, Supreme Lodge Constitu- 
tion, a Grand Lodge, delinquent as therein specified, does 
forfeit its right to representation in the Supreme Lodge, but 
the Supreme Lodge may, by special vote, permit as a privi- 
lege (but not as a right) the said Grand Lodge, through its 
Representatives, to be heard on the floor of the Supreme 
Lodge. 

1875, Journal, 1160, 1164. 

384. At what time Members admitted in. 

Resolved, That at any subsequent session of the Supreme 
Lodge, new members shall only be admitted at the opening 
of the morning sessions on the first two days, and the morn- 
ing session of the last day. 

1875, Journal, 1166. 

385. What Laws of, repealed. 

The former Constitution under which the Order had 
worked, and all previous legislation inconsistent with the 
Constitution adopted on the 25th day of April, 1874, was 
repealed by the Supreme Lodge on the said date. 

1874, Journal, 947. 

386. Curative Acts passed by the Supreme Lodge. 

Legalizing the institution and work of Metropolitan 
Lodge of Montreal, P. Q. 

1874, Journal, 930. 931. 

1875, Journal, 1035-1037, 1116, 1125. 

387. Same. 

Legalizing the work of the Grand and Subordinate Lodges 
of Pennsylvania and their officers, during the time of the 
troubles growing out of the promulgation of the new Ampli- 
fied Ritual. 

1873, Journal, 713, 714, 715, 718, 719, 769. 

388. Same, 

Legalizing election of Grand Officers of Pennsylvania. 
The election and installation of the officers of the Grand 
Lodge of Pennsylvania, confirmed and approved upon their 
complying with the legislation of the Supreme Lodge. 

1871, Journal, 428. 



SUPREME LODGtf. 69 

389. Same. 

Legalizing the admission of a member under age, but the 
same never to be considered as a precedent for like action in 
the future. 

1870, Journal, 140, 191, 192. 

390. When Past Grand Chancellor entitled to admission. 

A Past Grand Chancellor, in order to be entitled to admis" 
sion to the Supreme Lodge, must be a member in good 
standing of a Subordinate Lodge of the Order. 

1872, Journal, 444. 

391. Representatives conceded privileges. 

A Grand Lodge being indebted to the Supreme Lodge, 
but time being given to make payment, the Supreme Repre- 
sentatives from the Jurisdiction conceded like privileges in 
the Supreme Lodge as others. 

1872, Journal, 447. 

392. Same. 

The Representatives from a Grand Jurisdiction indebted 
to the Supreme Lodge, conceded all the rights and privileges 
of the floor of the Supreme Lodge, notwithstanding their 
indebtedness. 

1872, Journal, 538. 

393. P.G.C. admitted without Credentials; special case. 

On motion of the Representative from a Grand Jurisdic- 
tion, a Past Grand Chancellor of the same Jurisdiction 
admitted and instructed in the Supreme Lodge Rank, 
although his credentials had never reached the S. K. of 
R. and S's. hands. 

1872, Journal, 447. 

394. Representatives admitted on Telegram. 

A Supreme Representative admitted to his seat in the 
Supreme Lodge, upon a telegram showing his appointment 
to such position. 

1875, Journal, 1095 109G. 

395. How to communicate with Subordinate Lodges. 

The legal method of communication from the Supreme 
authority to the Subordinate Lodges of the several Jurisdic- 
tions, where Grand Lodges have been instituted, is through 
the Grand Lodge. 

1872, Journal, 618, 624, 630. 

396. Alternate Representatives. 

There is no law in the Order authorizing the election of 
alternate Representatives to the Supreme Lodge. 

1871, Journal, 342, 343. 



70 SUPREME LODGE. 

397. Drawing for Seats. 

At the commencement of each session of the Supreme 
Lodge, a committee is to be appointed, who shall draw for 
seats to be occupied by the Representatives of the several 
Jurisdictions. 

1871, Journal, 428. 

398. Election of Officers. 

Ruled by the Supreme Lodge, that although Supreme 
Lodge Officers were required to be elected by ballot, still 
it was competent, in cases where there was but one nominee 
for an office, to authorize by motion, one member to cast the 
vote of the Supreme Lodge for such nominee. 

1870, Journal, 194, 195, 196. 

399. Same. 

Notwithstanding such motion however, it is still the 
right of every member of the Supreme Lodge present to 
vote for such officer if he desires so to do. 

1870, Journal, 194, 195, 196. 

400. Mileage of Officers. 

Ruled by the Supreme Lodge, that newly elected, as well 
as the retiring officers of the Supreme Lodge, are entitled to 
mileage, provided, that no one shall receive mileage both as 
an Officer and a Representative. 

1870, Journal, 197, 198, 221. 

401. Minutes, when read and acted on. 

The proceedings of each session to be read and considered 
at the commencement of the next morning and afternoon 
session thereafter, respectivelv. 

1870, Journal, 219. 

402. Resolutions, etc., how presented. 

Resolved, That at the future sessions of the Supreme Lodge, 
all resolutions and motions of length be written upon half 
sheet letter paper, in legible hand writing, folded twice and 
properly backed, with a title referring to the subject matter 
contained therein, and the signature of the member offering 
the same. 

1870, Journal, 224. 

403. Ritual adopted. 

The Ritual for the Supreme Lodge was adopted. 

1868, Journal, 20, 38. 

404. Resolution as to Mileage. 

No Supreme Lodge Officer or Representative shall receive 
his mileage and expenses, unless he is present at the close of 
the session, or is excused by the Supreme Chancellor. 

1869, Journal, 94. 



SUPREME REPRESENTATIVE. 71 

SUPREME REPRESENTATIVE. 

405. Who eligible to election as. 

Amy Grand Chancellor, who has served a full term in that 
office, and against whom no charges are pending, shall be 
entitled to the Rank and title of Past Grand Chancellor as 
soon as his successor is installed, and is thereupon eligible 
to election as Supreme Representative, but not before. 

1876, Journal, 1194, 1266, 1267. 

1875, Journal, 1113, 1121. 

1874, Journal, 900, 908. 

406. Same. 

Upon reelection, a Grand Chancellor after his second 
installation, is entitled to the Rank of Past Grand Chan- 
cellor. No one is eligible to election as Supreme Represen- 
tative until he is entitled to the Rank of P. G. C. 

1876, Journal, 1194, 1266, 1267. 

1875, Journal, 1034, 1113, 1121. 

407. Terms of, when commencing, and when ending. 

The terms of Supreme Representatives fixed for the 
Calendar year ; that from January 1st to December 31st. 

1876, Journal, 1229, 1266, 1296. 

408. Should not be deprived of his Office without Trial. 

The seat of a Supreme Representative, as a general propo- 
sition, should not be declared vacant, except as the result of 
a fair and impartial trial. 

1875, Journal, 1003, 1122. 

409. When admitted to Supreme Lodge. 

Resolved, That at any subsequent session of the Supreme 
Lodge, new members shall only be admitted at the opening 
of the morning sessions on the first two days, and the 
morning session of the last day. 

1875, Journal, 1166. 

410. Appointment of. 

The Supreme Representatives, appointed by the Grand 
Chancellor of a Grand Lodge under a clause in the Constitu- 
tion thereof, providing that the Grand Chancellor might 
"appoint Grand Officers (a) pro tern., in case of the tempo- 
rary absence or disqualification of any Grand Officer," were 
admitted by the Supreme Lodge to their seats, it appearing 
that the Grand Lodge had adjourned without electing Rep- 
resentatives. 

1S72, Journal, 442-444. 

(a) At the time of this%ction, by the Constitutions of Grand Lodges, 
Supreme Representatives were officers of the Grand Lodge; whether 

the ruling would be upheld under the present Constitution, is a ques- 
tion. 



72 SUPREME REPRESENTATIVE. 

411. Same. 

The Constitution of the Supreme Lodge provides for the 
election of Representatives, and they cannot otherwise be 
chosen, even to fill a vacancy, unless in pursuance of the 
Laws of a Grand Lodge, adopted for that purpose. 

1872, Journal, 442, 443. 

412. Conceded privileges. 

A Grand Lodge being indebted to the Supreme Lodge, but 
time being given to make payment, the Supreme Represen- 
tatives from the Jurisdiction conceded like privileges in the 
Supreme Lodge as others. 

1872, Journal, 447. 

413. Same. 

The Representatives from a Grand Jurisdiction, indebted 
to the Supreme Lodge, conceded all the rights and privileges 
of the floor of the Supreme Lodge, notwithstanding their 
indebtedness. 

1872, Journal, 538. 

414. Admitted on Telegram, special case. 

A Supreme Representative admitted to his seat in the 
Supreme Lodge, upon a telegram showing his appointment 
to such position. 

1875, Journal, 1095, 1096. 

415. From newly constructed Grand Lodge. 

A Grand Lodge having been suspended by the Supreme 
Chancellor for insubordination, and another Grand Lodge 
having been instituted the same as in a new Jurisdiction, 
the Representatives from the newly constructed Grand 
Lodge admitted to the Supreme Lodge. 

1871, Journal, 262-275, 290, 291, 342, 386-388. 

416. Alternates. 

There is no law in the Order authorizing the election of 
alternate Representatives to the Supreme Lodge. 

1871, Journal, 342, 343. 

417. Credentials, when to be sent to Supreme Lodge. 

The Grand Keepers of Records and Seal are required to 
transmit the credentials of Supreme Representatives and 
Past Grand Chancellors, at least twenty days before the 
session of the Supreme Lodge, to the Supreme Keeper of 
Records and Seal. 

1871, Journal, 410. 

418. Resolution as to Mileage. 

No Supreme Lodge Officer or Representative shall receive 
his mileage and expenses, unless he is present at the close 
of the session, or is excused by the Supreme Chancellor. 

1869, Journal, 94. 



TAXATION — TRAVELING SHIELDS — TRIALS. 73 

TAXATION. 

419. For what purposes allowable. 

If in accordance with its Constitution, a Grand Lodge 
may provide that a certain portion of the semi-annual per 
capita tax levied upon the Subordinate Lodges, may be 
set aside as a Sinking Fund, for the purpose of building a 
"Castle" for the use of the Order. 

1875, Journal, 1102, 1148, 1149. 



TRAVELING SHIELDS. 

420. Dues to be paid upon receipt of. 

A member receiving a Traveling Shield is only required 
to pay dues for the length of time covered b}' the Shield. 

1875, Journal, 1015-1022, 1096, 1099, 1144-1146. 

421. How regarded. 

The Traveling Shield is only regarded as evidence of the 
good standing of the holder in his Lodge, and as a letter of 
credit or Relief Shield. 

1875, Journal, 1015-1022, 1096, 1099, 1106, 1144-1146. 

422. To whom cannot issue 

A member holding a Withdrawal Card, is not entitled to 
a Traveling Shield. 

1875, Journal, 1042, 1097, 1114, 1116, 1121. 

423. Adopted and particulars concerning. 

A Traveling Shield was originally adopted, and full par- 
ticulars as to its form and manner of issue and use provided, 
as will appear by the following references. 

1874, Journal, 969-973. 

1873, Journal, 696, 771-773. 



TRIALS. 

424. Always to be given. 

A party's rights should not, as a general proposition, be 
forfeited in any case, only as the result of a fair and impar- 
tial trial. 

1875, Journal, 1003, 1102, 1122, 1127-1129. 

425. How to be conducted in Grand Lodge. 

As a general proposition, there are no written rules or 
declarator law for conducting proceedings upon charges 
against a Grand Lodge Officer. The right to try, to sus- 
pend, or even to remove from office, do of necessity exist, 



74 UNIFORM. 

and there is no impropriety, in the absence of specific 
written rules, in using as a guide, for the action of a Grand 
Lodge, the laws prescribed for the government of Subordi- 
nate Lodges in analagous cases. 

1874, Journal, 861-868, 945. 

1875, Journal, 1127-1129. 

426. May be prosecuted in Grand Lodge. 

The Grand Lodge holds jurisdiction over its own mem- 
bers, and when charges are preferred against them as such, 
all Laws, operative there or in the Subordinate Lodge, are 
applicable, until the matter is fully determined. So ruled 
by the Supreme Chancellor. 

1873, Journal, (Appendix), 37. 



UNIFORM. 

427. When may be worn with Collar. 

A Knight may wear the Uniform in connection with the 
Collar, during the regular Lodge Conventions. 

1872, Journal, 638. 

428. Ruling concerning. 

The Uniform, unaccompanied with the Collar, can never 
be worn, even by Knights, as Regalia in a Lodge Room, 
without the Jewel. Officers must always wear the Jewel. 

1875, Journal, 1042, 1097, 1114, 1121. 

1874, Journal, 901, 908. 

1873, Journal, (Appendix), 36. 

1872, Journal, 614, 615, 627, 638, Con. Sup. Lodge, Art. XXX. 

429. To be used for the Ordsr. 

The members of the Order are only permitted to use the 
Uniform when performing duties requiring the same, and 
upon occasions connected with the Order. 

1875, Journal, 1154, 1156. 

430. Cap not to be worn in Lodge. 

Resolved, That the Uniform Cap of the Order as adopted, 
shall not be worn in a Lodge room during its sessions, 
except by order of the Chancellor Commander. 

1873, Journal, 683, 734, 740, 742. 

431. To be worn on Public Parades. 

Except at funerals, the prescribed Uniform of the Order, 
with or without Jewels, must be worn in public parade; 
the collar cannot be worn upon any such occasion. 

1875, Journal, 1032, 1096, 1124. 



UNIFORM. 75 

432. Adoption of Uniform. 

The Uniform of the Order for outside uses, pursuant to 
details duly presented and set forth, was originally recom- 
mended for use where practicable or desirable, subject to the 
final adoption of the different Grand Lodges of the various 
Jurisdictions. 

1871, Journal, 362, 396, 409. 

1872, Journal, 484-500. 

433. Same. 

Subsequently the Uniform recommended as above, with 
the exception of the Helmet, Oriflamme, Gorget and Cloak, 
was declared the Permanent Uniform or Outside Regalia for 
the use of the Order, not subject to change, mutilation or 
reduction for the space of ten years from the date of the 
session of the Supreme Lodge of 1872. 

1872, Journal, 577, 578, 589, 590, 600, 630. 

434. Helmet. 

The details of the Helmet will be found by the following 
references : 

1875, Journal, 1098, 1135, 1159. 

1874, Journal, 912, 983, 984. 

1873, Journal, 692, 694-696, 706-709, 770. 

435. Specifications as to Uniform, etc. 

The following are the detailed specifications of the Uni- 
form as at present existing : 

436. Full Gala and Inspection Dress. 

Coat, Pants, Sword, Belt, Baldric, Cloak (a), Gorget (a), 
Gauntlet Cuffs, Gloves, Helmet (a), and Oriflamme (a), 
(with Fatigue Cap, covered, hung to Belt.) 

437. Ordinary Parade Dress. 

Coat, Pants, Sword, Belt, Baldric, Gauntlet Cuffs, Gloves, 
Helmet (a), and Oriflamme (a), (with Fatigue Cap, covered, 
suspended from Sword Belt.) 

438. Fatigue Dress. 

Coat, Pants, Sword, Belt, Fatigue Cap, (uncovered) and 
White Gloves. 

439. Coat. 

Black cloth, cut military style, single breasted, standing 
collar, (with a half roll to the sixth button from the bottom) 

(a) Under the legislation as referred to, by which the Uniform was 
adopted, the use of these articles, it would seem, was left entirely dis- 
cretionary with Grand Lodges. If used, however, they must be the 
ones adopted by the Supreme Lodge. 



76 UNIFORM. 

nine buttons in front, two behind, length to knee, side edges 
plain, hook-and-eye at neck gorge, seam plain, two buttons 
at cuff, button flat black silk lasting. 




ORDINARY PARADE DRESS. 



77 



440. Pantaloons. 

Black cloth, or doeskin cassimere, and of uniform style. 




FULL PARADE AND INSPECTION DRESS. 

Note. — For the purpose of giving a full showing of detail of points 
in the uniform, the swords in the cuts have been shown as they appear 
in them, but which is incorrect. The swords are hanging from and by 
chains from the belt, running to rings placed on either side of the scab- 
bard, about tiro and one half inches below the hilt of sword, when in its 
sheath, and which, when in proper place, hang perpendicular. See cut 
of sword and belt. 



78 



441. Cloak. 

A half-cloak — a cavalier — or cape of appropriate material, 
make and color, emblazoned thereon, embroidered on proper 
colored cloth or velvet, the crest of the Order, to be worn 
over the left shoulder and back fastened by a cord and tassel 
of appropriate color. The " Gorget " worn with the same 
made of three triangular points ; one of which will be scarlet, 
one sky blue, and one orange. Pendant to the point of each 
proper color will be the appropriate letter, in solid white 
metal. The Gorget to be separate, and fastened on by 
buttoning under collar of cape or by cord and tassel. 




For Members and Subordinate Officers, inclusive of 
Worthy Chancellor; Cloak dark blue, crest scarlet. 

For Past Chancellors and Grand Officers, (of less rank 
than Grand Chancellor) ; Cloak orange, crest blue. 

For Grand and Past Grand Chancellors; Cloak scarlet, 
crest blue. 

For Supreme and Past Supreme Chancellors; Cloak purple, 
crest gold. 



UNIFORM. 79 

442 Helmet. 

Black body, in shape like sample; round top, rim in front 
and flowing back ; front vizor 2 inches and rear vizor 2J 
inches length ; black cone, running from tip of back to 
center front ; cone 2J inches high in front, running back to 
point at tip of flowing back; raised wire for plume support, 
from back tip to front of cone, one-half inch above cone. 
Gold (or silver) cord, double and looped from center sides 
to front, fastened at sides with Helmet-shaped button. 




Escutcheon on front as follows : — For Knights — Shield- 
shaped escutcheon, 1J inches. 

For Past Chancellors (less rank than G. C.) — Triangle- 
shaped escutcheon, 2 inches from tip to tip. 

For Grand Chancellor and Past Grand Chancellor — Oval- 
shaped escutcheon, 2 inches in shortest diameter. 

For Supreme Officers and Past Supreme Officers— Circular- 
shaped escutcheon, 2 inches in diameter. 

Plume. — In shape an Oriflamme, running from back of 
cone to front, and drooping over front, to be worn as follows : 

For Knights— Red. 
For Past Chancellors — Blue. 
For Grand Lodge Officers — Yellow. 

For Past Grand Chancellors — Red, tipped (on sides and 
front) with white. 

For Supreme Officers and Past Supreme Officers — Purple, 
tipped with white (on sides and front.) 

Distinctions. — Knights and Past Chancellors (of less rank 
than Grand Chancellor) will wear white metal or silver; 
Grand Chancellors and Past Grand Chancellors will wear 
yellow metal or gold. 

7 



SO UNIFORM. 

443. Cap. 

Present navy style, black cloth, three to three and one- 
half inches height of crown, narrow, black leather straps 
fastened at sides with shield-shaped buttons. The crest or 
escutcheon of the Order on the front, and gold or silver lace 
running around the band of the Cap, according to rank of 
wearer. 




ESCUTCHEON AND LACE. 

For Knights, Esquires and Pages, silver-plated metal, 
shield-shaped escutcheon, and 3 ligne silver lace. 

For Subordinate Officers, inclusive of Worthy Chancellors, 
shield-shaped embroidered escutcheon, on blue velvet and 
6 ligne silver lace. 

For Past Chancellors, shield-shaped, embroidered escutch- 
eon, on green velvet and 6 ligne silver lace. 

For Grand Officers, inclusive of G. C, shield-shaped, 
embroidered escutcheon, on orange velvet and 9 ligne 
silver lace. 

For Past Grand Chancellors, oval-shaped, embroidered 
escutcheon, on red velvet and 12 ligne gold lace. 

For Supreme and Past Supreme Chancellors, circular- 
shaped, embroidered escutcheon, with vine around, and 
S. C, or P. S. C, on purple and 15 ligne gold lace. 

444. Baldric. 

To be worn by all members of less rank than Grand 
Chancellors. Five inches wide, in the whole, of blue bor- 
dered with yellow, one inch on either side, a strip of army 
lace one-fourth of an inch wide at the inner edge of the 
yellow. On the front centre of the Baldric, a metal tri- 
angle with raised — or struck up — escutcheon of the Order. 
On centre field of the triangle, and on each uncovered point 
thereof, one of the three letters " F. C. B.," so that the whole 
three may appear. The Baldric to be worn from the right 
shoulder to the left hip, with ends extending six inches 
below the point of intersection, under and at the lower edge 
of the sword belt, and be fastened with shield-shaped white 



UNIFORM. 81 

metal screw button, the top of which will overlap the sword 
belt, and hold the Baldric firmly in its place on the right 
shoulder. 



82 UNIFORM. 

445. Belt. 

Red enameled or patent leather two inches wide, fastened 
around the body with white metal clasp of emblematic 
design, two short white metal chains suspended from red 
leather sliding straps on belt, and white metal slide, with 
hook, for Fatigue Cap. 




For all members and officers (of less rank than Grand 
Chancellor) thirty-four to forty inches long, white metal 
scabbard, cross handle black hilt ; Helmet head with 
appropriate devices, suspended by chains from two side 
rings. 

For all Officers and Past Officers, from rank of Grand 
Chancellor up, same as above, except gilt in place of white 
metal, and white instead of black grip. 



446. Gauntlets. 

Black leather, military style, cuff to extend four and one- 
half inches up from its intersection with the hand, and to 
have a shield-shaped metal escutcheon of the Order (two 
inches in length) on back of cuff, or, black kid gloves with 
patent leather cuffs (of proper length and color), separate or 
together, as most convenient to wearer (and in fatigue dress 
white gloves without the cuffs). Knights, Chancellors and 
Grand Officers (of less rank that Grand Chancellor) silver- 
plated escutcheons. Grand, Past Grand Chancellors, and 
Supreme and Past Supreme Chancellors, GOLD-plated es- 
cutcheons. 



UNIFORM. 



83 



447. Emblems of Official Rank. 

SHOULDER STRAPS FOR OFFICERS. 




SUPREME AND PAST SUPREME CHANCELLORS. 

Royal purple silk velvet, four inches long by two inches 
wide, outside measurement, bordered with three rows of 
corded embroidery in gold, each one-eighth of an inch 
wide, the escutcheon or crest of the Order at each end, and 
globe or world in centre. The Past Supreme Chancellors 
same as S. C, and to have in addition three small stars in 
silver, one at the centre of top, and one each at the right 
and left corners at the foot of the strap. 

All other Supreme Officers same size, color and embroidery 
as Supreme Chancellor's, with the exception of the escutch- 
eon or crest at the ends, in place of which the initials (in 
old English characters) of their office, as equally divided as 
possible, at each end of the strap, all in gold. 



84 



UNIFORM. 



PAST GRAND CHANCELLORS. 




Bright red silk velvet, four inches long b}?- two inches 
wide, with two rows of corded embroidery each one-eighth of 
an inch wide, and escutcheon or crest of the Order embroid- 
ered in the middle in gold, and the letters " P. G. C," (in old 
English characters,) embroidered in silver on the lower end 
of the strap. 



GRAND CHANCELLORS. 



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Bright orange silk velvet, same size and embroidery as 
" P. G. C's," except in centre is embroidered, in silver, a 
gauntlet closed and grasping the truncheon of office, and at 
lower end of strap, in silver, (in old English characters) the 
letters " G. C." 



85 



ALL OTHER GRAND OFFICERS. 



Same size, design, color, shape, and embroidery as G. C, 
except in centre of strap a shield (instead of gauntlet, etc.), 
and at the lower end (in old English characters) the initials 
of their office, but all in silver. 



PAST CHANCELLORS. 




Bright emerald green silk velvet three and one-half inches 
long by one and one-half inches wide, bordered with one row 
of embroidery, one quarter inch wide, crossed battle axes in 
centre, and letters " P. C," (in old English characters) at 
lower end, all in silver. 



WORTHY CHANCELLOR. 




Bright blue silk velvet, same size and design as Past 
Chancellor in other respects, except in centre is embroid- 



UNIFORM. 



ered in silver, crossed swords and a hand-lance in gold, run- 
ning lengthwise of the strap through the swords, head 
towards the foot, and the letters "W.C." (in old English 
characters) at the foot of the strap, in silver. 



VICE CHANCELLOR. 




The same as W. (7., except, instead of crossed swords in 
centre, is simply a tilting lance, running lengthwise, head 
towards the foot of strap, and letters " W." and " V." in 
centre, on either side of lance, and "CV at foot of the same, 
covered by head of the lance, all in silver. 



OTHER SUBORDINATE LODGE OFFICERS. 

Same as W.C. and V.C. in color and embroidery, on edges, 
no design, but with simply the letters (in old English) or 
initials indicative of the various offices, in triangular 
arrangement in the centre. 



448. Arms. 

For Pages — Battle-Axe and Shield, of appropriate make 
and material. 

For Esquires — Lance and Shield, of appropriate make 
and material. 

For Knights — Sword and Shield, as prescribed, and of 
appropriate make and material. 

For Officers and Past Officers — Swords, as heretofore 
prescribed. 



UNIFORM. 



87 




DISTINCTIONS. 

Pages, Esquir-cs, Knights, Chancellors, Past Chancellors 
and Grand Officers (of less rank than Grand Chancellor), 
will wear white metal or silver wherever metal, em- 
broidery, or lace appears, unless otherwise specifically 
stated. Grand and Past Grand Chancellors, Supreme and 
Past Supreme Officers, yellow metal or gold, wherever 
metal, embroidery or lace appears, unless otherwise spe- 
cifically stated. 



88 VICE CHANCELLOR — VISITATIONS. 

449. Not compulsory. 

The subject of uniforming is left entirely voluntary with 
the Order everywhere. 

1872, Journal, 577, 578, 600. 



VICE CHANCELLOR. 

450. To inspect ballot. 

A ballot for a candidate for membership should be in- 
spected by the Vice Chancellor, and the result announced 
by the Chancellor Commander. 

1876, Journal, 1227, 1266, 1296. 

451. Who eligible to Office of. 

Any Knight in good standing, having served one term in 
any elective or appointive office, is eligible to the office of 
Vice Chancellor. 

1875, Journal, 1033, 1096, 1124. 



VISITATIONS. 

452. Cannot be interfered with. 

Objections cannot be made to a member in good standing, 
and otherwise correct, while visiting another Lodge. If any 
one is satisfied the visitor is unworthy to sit in a Lodge 
Room, he must proceed against him under the penal laws 
of the Order, or keep silent. 

1S75, Journal, 1042, 1097, 1114, 1116,1121. 

453. By Lodge as a Body. 

It is competent for the Chancellor Commander of a Lodge, 
to appoint the Master-at-Arms to receive the Password in 
the ante-room, from members of a visiting Lodge, after each 
of the visiting Knights have worked their way through the 
outer door, and the Lodge can then be admitted as a body. 

1S74, Journal, 913, 935. 

454. Not to be made on Withdrawal Card. 

Ruled by the Supreme Chancellor, that Withdrawal Cards 
could not, and must not, be used for, or recognized in any 
sense as visiting credentials. 

1873, Journal, (Appendix), 36. 

455. Made by Person holding Withdrawal Card. 

Ruled by the Supreme Chancellor, that a member holding 
a Withdrawal Card was entitled to the semi-annual Pass- 
word for the term in which issued, and inferentially to visit 
Lodges on such Password during such term. 

1873, Journal, (Appendix), 36. 
1872, Journal, 467, 575, 612, 613. 



WITHDRAWAL CARD. S\) 

WITHDRAWAL CARD. 

456. Member holding, when may apply for Membership. 

A member holding a Withdrawal Card, in force, applying 
to a Lodge for membership, b} 7 deposit of same, and being 
rejected, may apply again to any other Lodge, or, in the 
absence of any local law, to the same Lodge, at any time. 

1876, Journal, 1228, 1266, 1296. 

457. A Lodge cannot reconsider a Vote granting. 

A Lodge cannot, at the request of the holder of a With- 
drawal Card or otherwise, reconsider or rescind the vote 
granting such card. 

1876, Journal, 1228, 1266, 1296, 1297, 

458. For what Time good. 

Resolved, That Withdrawal Cards be considered good until 
revoked or deposited, and that all legislation inconsistent 
herewith be repealed. 

1876, Journal, 1309, 1310. 

459. Not limited to one year. 

There is no reason for limiting to one year, the time upon 
which a Knight, who has severed his connection with a 
Lodge, may deposit his Card and renew his membership in 
the Order. 

1876, Journal, 1227, 1228, 1266, 1309, 1310. 

460. Rank of Member to be stated, (a) 

Resolved, That the Rank of a Brother, to whom a With- 
drawal Card is issued, shall be stated on the Card, and that 
the form of the Card shall be altered to conform to this legis- 
lation. 

1876, Journal, 1231, 1266, 1309, 1310. 

461. Insufficiency of, as Rank Credential, (b) 

Ruled by the Supreme Chancellor, that Withdrawal Cards 
evidence no Rank in the Order of higher grade than that of 
Knight, and any prefix or affix thereto, setting forth that 
the bearer is a Past Chancellor or Past Grand Chancellor, 
is void and of no value as a credential of those two higher 
grades of Rank. 

1873, Journal, (Appendix), 10, 35, 

462. Grand Lodge cannot compel Renewal of. 

A Grand Lodge cannot compel a Subordinate Lodge to 
renew a Withdrawal Card, when its By-Laws provide that 
such renewal can only be obtained upon a ballot, two balls 
rejecting the application. 

1876, Journal, 12S4, 1300. 

(a) See as bearing on this subject ante 292, 305, post 461, 468 and 
Article XXIV, Supreme Lodge Constitution, post 593. 

(b) See as bearing on this subject ante 292, 305 and post 403, also 
Article XXIV, Supreme Lodge Constitution, post 593. 



90 WITHDRAWAL CARD. 

463. As to placing Past Rank upon, (a) 

Under the terms of a Constitution providing "That a Past 
Chancellor, previous to being admitted as a member of the 
Grand Lodge, must present a certificate from his Lodge, 
certifying that he had passed the Chair of his Lodge ;" 
ruled, that a Grand Lodge erred in requiring a Lodge to 
place "P. C." upon a Withdrawal Card, issued to a member 
of such Lodge. 

1876, Journal, 1306. 

464. Page, when entitled to. 

A Page having become such in a Lodge that thereafter 
becomes extinct, wishing to connect himself with the Order 
in another Jurisdiction, would be entitled to a Card issued 
from the Grand Lodge, under the Jurisdiction of which he 
was a member, which he would be entitled to deposit in 
another Jurisdiction as in other cases. 

1876, Journal, 1311, 1314. 

465. Holder of, not entitled to Traveling Shield. 

A member holding a Withdrawal Card is not entitled to 
a Traveling Shield. 

1875, Journal, 1042, 1097, 1114, 1116, 1121. 

466. Not to be used for Visiting. 

Ruled by the Supreme Chancellor, that Withdrawal Cards 
could not, and must not, be used for, or recognized in any 
sense as visiting credentials. 

1873, Journal, (Appendix), 36. 

467. As to Visitations by Member holding. 

Ruled by the Supreme Chancellor, that a member holding 
a Withdrawal Card was entitled to the Semi-annual Pass- 
word for the term in which issued, and inferentially to visit 
Lodges on such Password during such term. 

1873, Journal, (Appendix), 36. 

1872, Journal, 467, 575, 612, 613. 

468. To whom should not issue. 

Ruled by the Supreme Chancellor, that a Past Chancellor 
upon trial in the Grand Lodge, should not be granted a 
Withdrawal Card by his Subordinate Lodge. 

1873, Journal, (Appendix), 37. 

469. When to be Annulled, etc. 

Ruled by the Supreme Chancellor, that a Card improvi- 
dently issued to a Past Chancellor, while under charges 
in his Grand Lodge, can be recalled or annulled by action 
of the Lodge or order of the Grand Chancellor. 

1873, Journal, (Appendix), 37. 

(a) Upon this subject see Supreme Lodge Constitution, of Article 
XXIV, also legislation of Supreme Lodge, ante 292, 305, 461. 



WORK, WRITTEN AND UNWRITTEN. 91 

WORK, WRITTEN AND UNWRITTEN. 

470. What portions of, cannot be changed, except by four-fifths 

Vote, etc. 

The Written and Unwritten Work that cannot be changed 
except by a four-fifth vote, and after having laid over from 
one regular session of the Supreme Lodge to another, con- 
sists : 

1. Of the Work and its Explanations, as contained and 
illustrated in the Book of Diagrams, in the hands of the 
Supreme Chancellor. 

2. Of the Lectures, Charges, Obligations, and all Written 
Work contained in the Ritual, and included in the forms 
and ceremonies for opening and closing the Lodge, passing 
from Rank to Rank, and conferring the different grades of 
Rank. 

3. The forms and ceremonies as prescribed for Installa- 
tion and Funeral. 

4. The forms and ceremonies, as prescribed for -opening 
and closing a Grand Lodge, and installing the officers 
thereof, as contained in the Grand Lodge Ritual, and also 
for conferring P.C.'s Rank, as contained in the same. 

5. The forms and ceremonies, as laid down in Supreme 
Lodge Rituals. 

1876, Journal, 1282, 1293. 

471. When may be given outside of Lodge Room. 

A Grand Chancellor, or his Deputy, can give instruction 
in the secret work outside of a Lodge Room, and can also 
give the Semi-annual Password to a Chancellor Commander. 

1873, Journal, 703, 723. 

472. Diagrams of Secret Work. 

Pursuant to action of the Supreme Lodge, the whole of the 
Secret Work of the Order has been properly written out and 
correct diagrams of the same prepared. 

1872, Journal, 465, 531, 575, 594. 

1873, Journal, 719, 720, 752 (Appendix), 29, 30. 
1875, Journal, 1050, 1095, 1097, 1108, 1147, 1157. 



92 INCORPORATION. 

INCORPORATION. 

473. Certificate of Association of the Supreme Lodge, Knights 
of Pythias. 

AVhereas, It is deemed advisable to have the Supreme 
Lodge of Knights of Pythias an incorporated body, under 
the laws of the Congress of the United States, for the more 
perfect working of the benificent intentions of the said 
Order. 

474. 

And Whereas, With a view to promote this object, and 
as Grand and Subordinate Lodges of the said Order have 
been formed or organized in various States and Territories, 
and will be hereafter formed in various other States and 
Territories of the United States, as well as foreign countries. 

475. 

1. Now, therefore, be it known, That in accordance with 
the Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for the cre- 
ation of Corporations in the District of Columbia, by general 
law," approved May 5, 1870, the undersigned having associ- 
ated themselves for the purpose, and with the design, of 
establishing and creating the Corporation to be known and 
named the Supreme Lodge Knights of Pythias, do hereby 
make and authorize to be filed in the office of the Register 
of Deeds, in the District of Columbia, this certificate and 
these Articles of Association for the government of them- 
selves, their associates, assigns and successors. 

476. 

2. And be it further known, That the beneficial associa- 
tion, of which this is the certificate, shall be known as the 
Supreme Lodge of the Knights of Pythias, the Seal of which 
has been copyrighted by the Supreme Recording and Corres- 
ponding Scribe in the Clerk's Office of the Supreme Court 
of the District of Columbia, [and has also been recorded in 
the Office of the Librarian of Congress, in the Capitol of 
the United States, at Washington, D. C.]. 

477. 

3. [The Supreme Lodge shall consist of all Past Supreme 
Chancellors, the Supreme Officers, and two Representatives 
from each Grand Lodge, under the jurisdiction of said Su- 
preme Lodge until there are 20,000 members under the 
jurisdiction of a Grand Lodge, and one Supreme Represen- 
tative for each additional 10,000 members. Provided, that 
no Grand Lodge shall be entitled to more than four (4) 
Supreme Representatives.] 

478. 

4. [The Board of Trustees shall consist of Supreme Chan- 
cellor, S. S. Davis, of New Hampshire; S. K. of R. and S., 



INCORPORATION. 93 

Joseph Dowdall, of Ohio; S. M. of E., John B. Stumph, of 
Indiana, and Supreme Vice Chancellor, D. B. Woodruff, of 
Georgia ; who shall serve until the election of their succes- 
sors, it being understood that the four principal officers of 
the Supreme Lodge shall compose the Board of Trustees.] 

479. 

[5.] And be it further known, That the Officers of the 
said Supreme Lodge, Knights of Pythias of the World, shall 
consist of [Past Supreme Chancellor], Supreme Chancellor, 
Supreme Vice Chancellor, [Supreme Keeper of Records and 
Seal, Supreme Master of Exchequer, Supreme Master at 
Arms, Supreme Inner Guard, Supreme Outer Guard,] all 
of whom shall be elected by ballot every alternate year 
[****] and the said Supreme Keeper of Records and Seal 
and Supreme Master of Exchequer shall give such security, 
for the faithful performance of their duty, as may be ordered 
by said Supreme Lodge. 

480. 

[6.] That the said Supreme Lodge shall hold an annual 
session, at such time and place as a majority of its members 
present may determine, for the transaction of all business 
for the benefit and welfare of the Order, and that the 
Supreme Chancellor may, and on the call of the Supreme 
Representatives of ten Grand Jurisdictions in writing, 
shall convene an extra session of said Supreme Lodge at 
Washington City, D. C. • 

481. 

[7.] And be it further known, That a Representative 
from a majority of the Grand Lodges, working under the 
jurisdiction of this Supreme Lodge, shall constitute a 
quorum for the transaction of business. 

482. 

[8.] And be it further known, That the said Supreme 
Lodge have the power to alter and amend its Constitution 
and By-Laws at will, and that it shall have power to pre- 
scribe modes of initiation, etc., for the working of said Order ; 
and no Grand or Subordinate Lodges, purporting to be 
Knights of Pythias, shall have legal standing unless char- 
tered by, or through, the regularly elected officers of this 
Supreme Lodge in regular or called sessions, or by the 
Supreme Chancellor during the recess of the Supreme Lodge. 

483. 

[And it is hereby declared, that, all and singular, the parts 
of the incorporation of August 5, 1S70, not altered by this 
supplementary paper, are hereby ratified and reaffirmed, 



94 INCORPORATION. 

and that said Supreme Lodge shall be and remain a body 
corporate for the term of twenty years. And for the jour pose 
of a compliance with the Act of Congress heretofore cited, 
we, S. S. Davis, of New Hampshire; Joseph Dowdall, of Ohio; 
John B. Stumph, of Indiana, and D. B. Woodruff, of Georgia, 
Officers and Trustees of said Supreme Lodge, Past Supreme 
Chancellor, Jos. T. K. Plant, of the District of Columbia, 
Past Supreme Chancellor Read, of New Jersey, and Past 
Grand Chancellors Frederick D. Stuart, G. J. L. Foxwell, 
Richard Goodhart, A. T. Cavis, and A. J. Gunning, all of the 
District of Columbia, as incorporators, have hereunto affixed 
their hands and seal this Fifth day of October, A. D. 1875. 

S. S. Davis, S.C., seal. 

Joseph Dowdall, S.K. of R. & S., seal. 

John B. Stumph, S.M. of E , seal. 

D. B. Woodruff, S.V.C., seal. 

Samuel Read, P.S.C., seal. 

Jos. T. K. Plant, P.S.C., seal. 

Fred. D. Stuart, P.G.C., seal. 

G. J. L. Foxwell, P.G.C., seal. 

Richard Goodhart, P.G.C., seal. 

A. T. Cavis, P.G.C., seal. 

A. J. Gunning, P.G.C., seal.] 

481. 

In witness whereof, we, the undersigned officers and 
members of the Supreme Lodge of Knights of Pythias of 
the World, have hereunto affixed our hands and seals, this 
day of August, A. D., 1870. 

Jos. T. K. Plant, seal. Clarence M. Barton, seal. 

Edward Dunn, seal. H. Kronheimer, seal. 

Francis Wood, seal. Hugh G. Divine, seal. 

Jos. S. Martin, seal. 

485. 

The foregoing is the original certificate of Incorporation, 
with the amendments made thereto, inserted in [ ]. 

486. 

The original certificate was acknowledged on August 5th, 
1870, by the parties thereto, before R. H. Marsh, Justice of 
the Peace, at Washington, D. C, and recorded on the same 
day in the Register's Office, in Liber " Deeds of Incorpora- 
tion," folio 75, D. C. 

487. 

The amendments were also properly acknowledged by 
the parties purporting to execute the same, and duly and 
properly recorded. 

1876, Journal, 1201, 1266, 1293. 

1875, Journal, 1047, 1123. 

1874, Journal, 848, 849, 907. 

1871, Journal, 261, 313, 341, 382, 383. 



CONSTITUTION. 95 



CONSTITUTION. < a > 

[The orisjinil Constitutions as adopted by the Supreme Lodge, will be found as notes to 
this Constitution.] 

1873, Journal, 753-756, 785-787. 

1874, Journal, 912-914, 946, 947-965. 

ARTICLE L 

SUPREME LODGE — POWERS. 

488. 

Sectiox 1. The Supreme Lodge is the source of all true 
and legitimate authority in the Order of Knights of Pythias 
wheresoever established; it possesses original and exclusive 
jurisdiction and power-^- 

489. 

1. To establish, regulate and control the Forms, Cere- 
monies, Written and Unwritten Work, and to change, alter 
and annul the same, and to provide for the safe keeping and 
uniform teaching and dissemination of the same. 

490. 

2. To provide, print and furnish all Rituals*, Forms, 
Ceremonies, Cards and Odes, Charts and Certificates. 

491. 

3. To prescribe the form, material and color of all 
Regalia, Emblems, Jewels and Charts, and to designate 
the Uniform of the Order. 

492. 

4. To provide for the emanation and distribution of all 
passwords, and regulate the mode and manner of using the 
same, and generally to prescribe such regulations as may be 
necessary to secure the safe and easy intercourse and identi- 
fication of the brethren. 

(a) Constitution of the Supreme Lodge, Knights of Pythias : 

1868, Journal, 16-20, 3S, 49-51, 59. 

ARTICLE I. 

Section 1. The Supreme Lodge, Knights of Pythias, is the supreme 
power of the Order. 

Sec. 2. It is the source of all true and legitimate authority over the 
Order, and possesses as such supreme and absolute power over the 
same, and all the work belonging thereto. To it belongs the exclusive 
right to establish, regulate and control the Forms, Ceremonies, Written 
and Unwritten Work, and to change, alter and annul the same; to 

8 



96 CONSTITUTION. 

493. 

5. To establish the Order in States, Districts, Territories, 
Provinces or Countries where the same has not been en- 
grafted. 

494. 

6. To provide a revenue for the Supreme Lodge by means 
of a representative tax on each Grand Lodge and charges 
for supplies furnished by it, and dues from Subordinate 
Lodges under its immediate jurisdiction. 

495. 

7. To provide for annual returns from each Grand Lodge, 
and for semi-annual returns from each Subordinate Lodge 
under its immediate jurisdiction. 

496. 

8. To hear and determine all appeals from Grand and 
Subordinate Lodges, when the same are properly brought 
before it in accordance with the regulations of the Order, 
and to provide by legislation for the enforcement of its 
decisions. 



497. 

9. To enact laws and regulations of general application 
to carry into effect the foregoing and all other powers re- 
served by this Constitution to the Supreme Lodge or its 
officers, and such as may be necessary to enforce its legiti- 
mate authority over Grand and Subordinate Lodges under 
its immediate jurisdiction. 

498. 

10. To charter Grand Lodges and to define the territorial 
extent of their jurisdiction, and to charter Subordinate 
Lodges not within the territorial jurisdiction of any Grand 
Lodge, and to provide a Constitution for each Subordinate 
Lodge under its immediate jurisdition. 

provide and print all Forms, Ceremonies, Cards, Odes and Rituals, and 
to prescribe the style of Regalia and Emblems. 

Sec. 3. To it belongs the power to establish the Order in States, 
Districts, Territories, or Foreign Countries, wherein the same has not 
been engrafted ; also to enact all laws and regulations of general appli- 
cation for the government of the Order, and it possesses all power and 
authority not expressly delegated to Grand or Subordinate Lodges by 
their charters or dispensations, or general laws of the Order. 

Sec. 4. To it belongs the right and power of granting charters or 
dispensations to Grand Lodges, and to Subordinate" Lodges, in jurisdic- 
tion where no Grand Lodge exists. 



CONSTITUTION* 97 

ARTICLE II. ( a ) 

HOW CONSTITUTED, 

499. 

Section 1. The Supreme Lodge shall consist of: 

1. All Past Supreme Chancellors. 

2. Past Supreme Chancellor. 

3. Supreme Chancellor (presiding officer). 

4. Supreme Vice Chancellor. 

5. Supreme Prelate. 

6. Supreme Master of Exchequer. 

7. Supreme Keeper of Records and Seal. 

8. Supreme Master-at-Arms. 

9. Supreme Inner Guard. 

10. Supreme Outer Guard. 

11. Two Supreme Representatives from each Grand 
Lodge under the jurisdiction of the Supreme Lodge, until 
there are 20 000 members belonging to one Grand Lodge ; 
and one Supreme Representative for each additional 10,000 
members ; Provided, That no Grand Lodge shall be entitled 
to more than four Supreme Representatives. 

500. 

Sec. 2. Supreme Representatives must be Past Grand 
Chancellors in good standing in their respective Grand and 

(a) Original Supreme Lodge Constitution: 

ARTICLE II. C 1 ) — HOW CONSTITUTED. 

Section 1. The Supreme Lodge shall consist of — 1. All Past Su- 
preme Chancellors. 2. Supreme Venerable Patriarch. 3. Supreme 
Chancellor, (presiding officer.) 4. Supreme Vice Chancellor. 5. 
Supreme Recording and Corresponding Scribe. 6. Supreme Banker. 
7. Supreme Guide. 8. Supreme Inner Steward. 9. Supreme Outer 
Steward.. 10. Two Supreme Representatives from each Grand Lodge 
under the jurisdiction of the Supreme Lodge. 

Sec. 2. Supreme Representatives must be Past Grand Chancellors, 
in good standing in their respective Grand and Subordinate Lodges, 
and shall be elected as follows: At the next annual election after the 
adoption of this Article, each Grand Lodge shall elect, in the mode 
provided for electing Grand Lodge Officers in the Constitution of the 
respective Grand Lodges, two Supreme Representatives, one to serve 
for one year and one to serve for two years ; and annually thereafter, 
one to serve for two year. In the case of a vacancy in the office of 

(1) This article as it existed until amended in 1871, was as follows : 
" The Supreme Lodge shall consist of Founder and Past Supreme Chancellor ; Supreme 
Venerable Patriarch ; Supreme Chancellor, (Presiding Officer ;) Supreme Vice Chancellor ; 
Supreme Recording and Corresponding Scribe ; Supreme Bunker; Supreme Guide; 
Supreme Inner Steward; Supreme Outer Steward; All Past Supieme Chancellors; All 
Past Grand Chancellors. Each of the individuals above enumerated shall be entitled when 
present, to one vote in all the proceedings of the Supreme Lodge; three Representatives 
of each Grand Lodge (who shall be Past Grand Chancellors, except in cases of new Grand 
Lodges) that holds its Charter under the jurisdiction of the Supreme Lodge. No person 
shall oe eligible to any oitice in the Supreme Lodge, unless he shall be a Past Grand 
Cnancellor." 

1870) Journal, 192. 
1671, Journal, 414-416 » 



U6 CONSTITUTION. 

Subordinate Lodges, and shall be elected as follows : At the 
next annual election after the adoption of this Constitution, 
and annually thereafter, each Grand Jurisdiction shall elect 
in the mode provided for electing Grand Lodge Officers in 
the Constitution of the respective Grand Lodges, one Su- 
preme Representative to serve for two years; Provided, That 
each Supreme Representative now admitted shall continue 
in office to the expiration ol his present term. In case of the 
vacancy in the office of the Supreme Representative, from 
death, removal, or any other cause, the Grand Lodge which 
he represented shall determine how such vacancy shall be 
filled. At the organization of any new Grand Lodge, two 
Supreme Representatives shall be elected, one to serve for 
one year and one to serve for two years. And, provided 
further, Where any Grand Jurisdiction is entitled, under the 
provisions of this Constitution, to more than two Supreme 
Representatives, the additional Representative or Repre- 
sentatives shall be elected biennially, in conformity to this 
Constitution, and in such a manner that if there are four 
Representatives, the terms of two thereof shall expire each 
alternate year. Each Officer and Supreme Representative 
shall be entitled to one vote in determining any question 
before the Supreme Lodge, and each Past Supreme Chan- 
cellor shall be entitled to discuss any question, but not vote. 

501. 

Sec. 3. All Past Grand Chancellors duly recognized by 
the Supreme Lodge, shall be admitted to its session and be 
entitled to seats therein, but shall not be entitled to speak 
unless by permission of the Supreme Lodge, and shall not 
be entitled to vote. 

502. 

Sec. 4. No one shall be eligible to any office in the 
Supreme Lodge, unless he has been duly admitted to the 
Supreme Lodge by being either a Representative or a Past 
Grand Chancellor. 

the Supreme Representative, from death, removal, or any other cause, 
the Grand Lodge shall determine how such vacancy shall be tilled. 

Sec. 3. Each Officer and Supreme Kepresentative shall be entitled 
to one vote in determining any question before the Supreme Lodge, 
and each Past Supreme Chancellor shall be entitled to discuss any 
qnestion. 

Sec. 4. All Past Grand Chancellors duly recognized by the Supreme 
Lodge, shall be admitted to its session and be entitled to seats therein, 
but shall not be entitled to speak unless by permission of the Supreme 
Lodge. 

Sec. 5. No one shall be eligible to any offiee in the Supreme Lodge, 
unless he has been duly admitted to the Supreme Lodge, by being 
either a Representative or a Past Grand Chancellor. 

Sec. 6. All acts inconsistent with the above, be, and are hereby 
repealed. 



CONSTITUTION. 99 

ARTICLE III. ^ 

DUTIES OF OFFICERS. 

503. 

Section 1. The Past Supreme Chancellor shall have 
charge of and supervise the arrangement of the Altar or 
any other necessary floor work. 

504. 

Sec. 2. The Supreme Chancellor shall exercise, as occa- 
sion may require, all the rights appertaining to his high 
office, in accordance with the usages of the Order. He shall 
have a watchful supervision over all Lodges, Grand and 
Subordinate, and see that all the constitutional enactments, 
rules and edicts of the Supreme Lodge are duly and promptly 
observed, and that the dress, work and discipline of the 
Order every where are uniform. 

Among his special prerogatives are the following : 

505. 

To call special sessions of the Supreme Lodge, or conven- 
tions of Supreme Officers in council. 

506. 

To visit any Grand or Subordinate Lodge under the 
immediate jurisdiction of this Supreme Lodge, and to give 
such instructions and directions as the good of the Order 
may require, always adhering to the obligatory usages of 
the Order. To cause to be executed and securely to preserve 
and keep the official bonds and securities of the Supreme 
Master of Exchequer and Supreme Keeper of Records and 
Seal. 

(a) Original Supreme Lodge Constitution : 

ARTICLE III. — DUTIES of officers. 

Section 1. The Supreme Venerable Patriarch shall open and close 
the Supreme Lodge with prayer. 

Sec 2. The Supreme Chancellor shall exercise, as occasion may 
require, all the rights appertaining to his high office, in accordance 
with the usages of the Order. He shall have a watchful supervision 
over all Lodges, Grand and Subordinate, and see that all the Constitu- 
tional Enactments, Eules and Edicts of the Supreme Lodge, are duly 
and promptly observed, and that the dress, work and discipline of the 
Order everywhere are uniform. Among his special prerogatives are 
the following: To call special sessions of the Supreme Lodge. To 
visit dr preside at any Lodge, Grand or Subordinate, and to give such 
instructions and directions as the good of the Order may require, 
always adhering to the landmarks of the Order. To cause to be 
executed and securely to preserve and keep the official bonds and 
securities of the Supreme Banker, and Supreme Recording and Cor- 
responding Scribe. 

To grant letters of dispensation during the recess of the Supreme 
Lodge for the institution of new Lodges, with dispensations to be in 
force until charters are granted in lieu thereof, and to promptly notify 
the Supreme Recording and Corresponding Scribe of the issuing of 
said letters of dispensation. To grant dispensation during the recess 



100 CONSTITUTION. 

507. 

To grant Warrants of Dispensation during the recess of 
the Supreme Lodge for the institution of new Subordinate 
Lodges, which Dispensations to be in force until taken up 
by Charters granted in lieu thereof by a properly instituted 
Grand Lodge, and to promptly notify the Supreme Keeper 
of Records and Seal of the issuing of said Warrants of Dis- 
pensation. 

508. 

To grant Warrants of Dispensation during the recess of 
the Supreme Lodge for the institution of Grand Lodges in 
States, Countries, Districts, or Territories where the same 
have not been established. 

509. 

To manage the contingent fund of the Supreme Lodge, 
and suspend or remove any derelict or contumacious officer 
for cause, he having right of appeal to the Supreme Lodge, 
and to fill any vacancy by appointment until filled by 
regular election. 

510. 

To appoint and commission a Deputy Supreme Chancellor 
for special purposes of instituting Grand Lodges and install- 
ing their officers, or otherwise, as may be required, in all 
States, Districts, Territories, or Countries, where Lodges are 
established, and not having any Grand Lodge. He shall at 
the next regular session present a full report of his acts 
during the recess of the Supreme Lodge. He may hear and 
decide such questions of law as may be submitted to him by 
Grand and Subordinate Lodges under the immediate juris- 
diction of this Supreme Lodge, and all such decisions shall 
be binding upon the bodies submitting the same, until fully 
passed upon and disaffirmed or reversed by this Supreme 
Lodge. 

of the Supreme Lodge for the institution of State Grand Lodges in 
States, Districts or Territories, where the same have not been hereto- 
fore established. To manage the contingent fund of the Supreme 
Lodge. To appoint a Deputy Grand Chancellor in all States, Districts, 
Territories, or Foreign Countries where Lodges are established, and 
not having any Grand Lodge. He shall at the annual session present 
a report of his acts during the recess of the Supreme Lodge. He may 
hear and decide such appeals and questions of law as may be submitted 
to him by Grand and Subordinate Lodges, and all such decisions shall 
be binding upon the bodies submitting the same, until reversed by 
this Supreme Lodge. 

Sec. 3. The Supreme Vice Chancellor, in the event of the death, 
removal or physical incompetency of his superior, shall act as Supreme 
Chancellor ; at all other times he shall perform such duties as may be 
assigned him by the Supreme Lodge or the Supreme Chancellor. 

Sec 4. The Supreme Recording and Corresponding Scribe shall 
keep a just and true record of all the proceedings of the Supreme Lodge 



CONSTITUTION. 101 

511. 

Sec. 3. The Supreme Vice Chancellor, in the event of 
the death, removal or physical incompetency of his superior, 
shall act as Supreme Chancellor ; at all other times he shall 
perform such duties as may be assigned him by the Supreme 
Lodge or the Supreme Chancellor. 

512. 

Sec 4. The Supreme Prelate shall open and close the 
Supreme Lodge with prayer, and perform all obligatory cere- 
monial as prescribed in the Ritual or usages of the Order, 
and such other duties as comport with his office. 

513 

Sec. 5. The Supreme Master of Exchequer shall render 
to the Supreme Chancellor a quarterly statement of the con- 
dition of funds in his hands, and make to the Supreme 
Lodge at its regular sessions, a true and perfect account of 
his doings, together with an account of all moneys received 
and disbursed, giving items in detail — the earnings thereon 
accrued from interest or other investments ; to pay all orders 
drawn on him by the Supreme Chancellor, properly attested 
by the Supreme Keeper of Records and Seal. For the faith- 
ful performance of his duties he shall give bond, to be 
executed and approved before his installation, in the sum 
of ten thousand dollars, with unexceptionable securities, or 
otherwise the office to be declared vacant, and rilled by 
election. 

514. 

Sec 6. The Supreme Keeper of Records and Seal shall 
keep a just and true record of all the proceedings of the 
Supreme Council and Lodge at each session, and transmit 

at each session, and transmit annually to each Grand Lodge as many 
copies thereof as the Lodge has Past Grand Chancellors and Officers, 
and two copies for each Subordinate Lodge. He shall collect all the rev- 
enues of the Supreme Lodge, and pay over the amount to the Supreme 
Banker, whenever it reaches the sum of $100. He shall preserve the 
archives, have charge of the Seal, books, papers, and other properties 
of the Supreme Lodge, and deliver the same to his successor, when 
required so to do by the Supreme Lodge. He shall prepare all charters 
and dispensations for Grand and Subordinate Lodges ; notify officially 
all Grand Lodges and members of the Supreme Lodge of all sessions 
of the Supreme Lodge ; carry on the necessary correspondence of the 
Lodge ; keep a register which shall contain a list of all charters or 
dispensations granted to Grand or Subordinate Lodges, and a record of 
all Past Grand Chancellors and Representatives entitled to seats in the 
Supreme Lodge. He shall attest all official papers and documents, 
perform such other duties as are required by the laws and regulations 
of the Order, and as the Supreme Lodge may from time to time direct. 
He shall be furnished with an office, and shall have regular office hours, 
and give notice to all Grand Lodges of the time at which he will so 
attend, and at each annual session present a report of the general con- 
dition of the Order to the Supreme Lodge. He shall have power to 



102 CONSTITUTION. 

annually to each Grand Lodge as many copies thereof as the 
Lodge has Past Grand Chancellors and officers, and one copy 
for each Subordinate Lodge in their several Jurisdictions, 
and one to each Lodge under the immediate jurisdiction of 
the Supreme Lodge. He shall collect all the revenues of the 
Supreme Lodge, and pay over the amount to the Supreme 
Master of Exchequer whenever it reaches the sum of $100. 
He shall preserve the Archives, have charge of the Seal, 
Books, Papers, and other properties of the Supreme Lodge, 
and deliver the same to his successor when required so to do 
by the Supreme Lodge. He shall prepare all Charters for 
Grand Lodges ; notify officially all Grand Lodges and officers 
and members of the Supreme Lodge of all sessions of the 
Supreme Lodge ; carry on the necessary correspondence of 
the Lodge ; keep a register which shall contain a list of all 
Dispensations and Charters granted to Grand, or Warrants 
of Dispensation issued by the Supreme Chancellor for 
Subordinate Lodges, and a record of all Past Grand Chan- 
cellors and Representatives entitled to seats in the Su- 
preme Lodge. He shall attest all necesary official papers 
and documents, perform such other duties as are required by 
the laws and regulations of the Order, and as the Supreme 
Chancellor or Supreme Lodge may from time to time direct. 
He shall be furnished with an office, and shall have regular 
office hours, and give notice to all Grand Lodges of the time 
at which he will so attend, and at each session present a 
report of the general condition of the Order to the Supreme 
Lodge. He shall have power to provide himself, at the 
expense of the Supreme Lodge, with such books, papers 
and stationery as are necessary for the fulfillment of his 

papers and stationery as are necessary for the fullfilment of his duties, 
provide himself, at the expense of the Supreme Lodge, with such books, 
and keep in his office a copy of the Seal of each Grand and Subordinate 
Lodge. He shall render annually to the Finance Committee, copies of 
his accounts with the Grand and Subordinate Lodges, etc. He shall 
receive for his services the sum of seven hundred and fifty dollars per 
annum, payable quarterly. He shall give bond in the sum of one 
thousand dollars for the faithful performance of his duties. 

Sec. 5. The Supreme Banker shall render to the Supreme Lodge at 
its Annual Session, a true and perfect account of his doings, together 
with an account of all moneys received and disbursed — the earnings 
thereon accrued from investments. To pay all orders drawn on him 
by the Supreme Chancellor, properly attested by the S. R. and C. S. 
For the faithful performance of his duties he shall give bond in the 
sum of one thousand dollars. 

Sec. 6. The r uties of the Supreme Guide, Inner and Outer Stewards, 
are such as are traditionally appropriate to their respective stations, or 
such as may be assigned them by the Supreme Lodge. 

Sec. 7. All Deputy Grand Chancellors (of Jurisdictions in which 
there are no Grand Lodges) shall install the Officers of all Subordinate 
Lodges within their Jurisdictions, or cause the same to be done, and 
perform such other duties as the Supreme Chancellor may direct. 



CONSTITUTION. 103 

duties, and keep in his office a copy of the Seal of each 
Grand and Subordinate Lodge. He shall submit a quar- 
terly trial balance to the Supreme Chancellor for examina- 
tion, as also render to each Regular Session of the Supreme 
Lodge, full and exhaustive copies of his accounts with the 
Grand and Subordinate Lodges, etc., of and during the 
whole term of recess passed. He shall receive for his ser- 
vices the sum of one thousand dollars per annum, * payable 
quarterly. For the faithful performance of his duties he 
shall give bond, to be executed and approved before his 
installation, in the sum of ten thousand dollars, with unex- 
ceptionable securities, or otherwise the office to be declared 
vacant, and filled by election. 

* 1875, Journal, 1168. 1876, Journal, 1324, 1329. 
515. 

Sec. 7. The duties of the Supreme Master-at-Arms, Inner 
and Outer Guards are such as are traditionally appropriate 
to their respective stations, or such as may be assigned them 
by the Supreme Lodge. 

516. 

Sec. 8. All Deputy Supreme Chancellors (of Jurisdic- 
tions in which there are no Grand Lodges) shall install the 
Officers of all Subordinate Lodges within their Jurisdictions, 
or cause the same to be done, and perform such other duties 
as the Supreme Chancellor may direct. 

ARTICLE IV. (*) 

SESSIONS. 

517. 

Sessions of the Supreme Lodge shall be held annually, at 
such time in the months of April, May, June, July or August, 
as the Supreme Lodge may at each Annual Session deter- 
mine; Provided, That if the Supreme Lodge neglects to fix 
any special time it shall convene on the third Tuesday of 
April. 

518. 

The place for the holding of each Annual Session shall be 
fixed at the preceding Annual Session: Provided, That if no 
place is fixed by the Supreme Lodge, the Annual Session 
shall be held in the city of Baltimore. 

(a) Original Supreme Lodge Constitution : 

ARTICLE IV. (i) — sessions. 

The meetings shall be held annually on the Third Tuesday in April, 
at such place as may be agreed upon by a majority of votes at a regular 
annual session. 

(\) This Article, until amended in 1870, road "Second Tuesday in March," in place ol 

" Third Tuesday in April." 

1S70, Journal, IGo, 22S. 



104 CONSTITUTION. 

ARTICLE V» 

COMMITTEES. 

519. 

Section 1. The following Committees shall he appointed 
annually by the Supreme Chancellor : 
Committee on Law and Supervision. 
Committee on Finance. 
Committee on Appeals and Grievances. 
Committee on Credentials and Returns. 
Committee on Mileage. 
Committee on State of the Order. 
Committee on Written Work. 
Committee on Unwritten Work. 
Committee on Printing. 
Committee on Dispensations and Charters. 

520. 

Sec. 2. The Committee on Law and Supervision shall, 
when such subjects are presented to the Supreme Lodge and 
duly referred to them, inquire into all cases of infraction of 
the established laws and regulations of the Order, and 
recommend such measures as they may deem expedient for 
correcting the innovation, and further consider and have 
charge of all matters coming within the purview of that 
Committee. 

521. 

Sec. 3. The Committee on Finance shall examine the 
accounts of the Supreme Master of Exchequer and Supreme 
Keeper of Records and Seal, at each Session, and whenever 
required so to do by the Supreme Lodge. They shall examine 
and pass upon all bills presented to the Supreme Lodge when 
in session, and, if correct, report, if approving the same, for 
economy or creating a remedy by legislation for all extrava- 
gant expenditures. They shall make estimates for and 

(a) Original Supreme Lodge Constitution: 

ARTICLE V— Committees. 

Sec. 1. The following Committees shall be appointed annually by 
the Supreme Chancellor: 

Committee on Laws and Supervision. 

Committee on Finance and Mileage. 

Committee on Appeals and Grievances. 

Committee on Returns and Credentials. 

Sec. 2. The Committee on Laws and Supervision (1) shall, when 
such subjects are presented to the Supreme Lodge and duly referred 

(1) This Section until amended in 1871, contained between the words "Supervision" 
and " shall " these additional words : " shall examine the Constitution, General Laws and 
By-Laws of Grand Lodges, and all By-Laws of Subordinate Lodges (where there are no 
Grand Lodges) under its Jurisdiction," before being printed ; correct any article or section 
which may conflict with the Constitution and General Laws of the Supreme Lodge. 
They " 

1871, Journal, 402, 417. 



CONSTITUTION. 105 

recommend appropriations of moneys for general or specific 
purposes during recess of the Supreme Lodge, and bring 
down an approximate estimate, based on past results, of the 
probable revenue likely to accrue ; and no expenditures of 
any character shall be made in excess of the appropriation 
then made until the next Regular Session. 

522. 

Sec 4. The Committee on Appeals and Grievances shall 
hear all appeals and grievances from Grand Lodges or mem- 
bers of Lodges referred to them by the Supreme Lodge, or 
Supreme Chancellor, and report thereon with the utmost 
dispatch. 

523. 

Sec. 5. The Committee on Credentials and Returns shall 
examine and report on the returns of the Grand Lodges 
and Subordinate under the immediate jurisdiction of the 
Supreme Lodge, and the Credentials of all Past Grand Chan- 
cellors and Representatives to the Supreme Lodge. 

524. 

Sec. 6. The Committee on Mileage shall compute the 
mileage and per diem of all Supreme Officers and Represen- 
tatives, at each Regular or Special called Session, making 
out a proper, complete and accurate roll of the same, and 
report the amount to which each one on the roll is entitled; 
and no order shall be drawn for the same until said report 
is indorsed by a majority of the Committee. 

525. 

Sec. 7. The Committee on the State of the Order shall 
examine and report upon such portions of reports of the 
Supreme Officers and D. S. Cs., so far as the same relate to the 
state of the Order, and upon such other matters as may be 
referred to them, presenting in their reports an exhibit of 

to them, inquire into all cases of infraction of the established laws 
and regulations of the Order, and recommend such measures as they 
may deem expedient for correcting the innovations. 

Sec. 3. The Committee on Finance and Mileage shall examine the 
accounts of the Supreme Banker and S. R. and U.S., at each annual 
session, and whenever required so to do by the Supreme Lodge. They 
shall examine all bills presented to the Supreme Lodge, and when 
correct, report the same for payment. They shall compute the mile- 
age of Officers and Representatives, and report the amount to which 
each is entitled ; and no order shall be drawn for such amount until 
the bill for the same is endorsed by a majority of the Committee. 

Sec. 4. The Committee on Appeals and Grievances shall hear all 
appeals and grievances, from Grand Lodges or members of Lodges, 



106 CONSTITUTION. 

the condition and progress of the Order, and recommending 
such measures for the good and prosperity of the whole 
Order as they may think the circumstances require. 

526. 

Sec 8. The Committee on Written work shall examine 
and report upon such parts of rejoorts of the Supreme Officers 
or other matters referred to them pertaining to all Written 
Work of the Order of a public nature, covering Regalias, 
Jewels, Charts, Certificates, Shields, Uniforms, Equipments 
or Public Ceremonials, Forms for and details of matters not 
properly of a secret nature. 

527. 

Sec 9. The Committee on Unwritten Work shall examine 
and report upon such reports of the Supreme Officers or other 
matters referred to them of a nature that may be strictly 
private, or in consonance and keeping with the duties of 
the name of the Committee. 

523. 

Sec 10. The Committee on Printing shall have general 
supervisory charge of and examine into all matters referred 
to or coming within the purview of their duties as suggested 
by their name ; make all contracts not otherwise provided 
for, compare materials, qualities and price, analyze all bills 
submitted for printing, binding and supplies, establish a 
standard style, quality and grade of same, and report their 
findings and recommendations to the Supreme Lodge. 

529. 

Sec 11. The Committee on Dispensations and Charters 
shall examine into all proper matters referred to them from 
the Supreme Officers' reports; they shall examine and report 
on all petitions for Warrants of Dispensation issued by the 
Supreme Chancellor for Subordinate or Grand Lodges, or 
applications for Charters for the same, approving or disap- 
proving of the issuing of the same, and other general Dis- 
pensations, or D. S. C's Commissions issued during the recess 
of the Supreme Lodge. 

referred to theni by the Supreme Lodge or Supreme Chancellor, and 
report thereon with the utmost dispatch. 

Sec. 5. The Committee on Returns and Credentials shall examine 
the returns of the Grand Lodges and Subordinate Lodges not working 
under the control of a State Grand Lodge, and the Credentials of all 
Past Grand Chancellors and Representatives to the Supreme Lodge. 

Sec. 6. Each of the above named Committees shall consist of three 
members, and when serving on actual work during a recess shall have 
their necessary expenses paid. 



CONSTITUTION. 107 

530. 

• Sec. 12. Each of the above named Committees shall con- 
sist of five (a) members, and when serving on actual work 
during a recess, by order of the Supreme Lodge or of the 
Supreme Chancellor, shall have their necessary expenses 
paid. 

ARTICLE VI. -W 

MODE OF FORMING A GRAND LODGE. 

531. 

Section 1. All Subordinate Lodges in Jurisdictions 
where no Grand Lodge exists, shall be under the immedi- 
ate control of this Supreme Lodge until the formation of 
a Grand Lodge for that Jurisdiction, and shall pay to the 
Supreme Lodge, while under its control, fifty cents per 
capita tax on each member annually. 

532. 

Sec. 2. When there are five or more Subordinate Lodges 
established and in working order in any Jurisdiction, they, 
through the Deputy Supreme Chancellor thereof, may peti- 
tion the Supreme Chancellor, who shall cause the Supreme 
Keeper of Records and Seal to notify each of the Lodges of 

(a) Until amended in 1876, this Section read "three," in place of 
"five."— 1875, Journal, 1168. 1876, Journal, 1325, 1329. 

(b) Original Supreme Lodge Constitution : 

ARTICLE VI. —Mode op Forming a Grand Lodge. 

Sec. 1. All Subordinate Lodges in jurisdictions where no Grand 
Lodge exists, shall be under the immediate control of this Supreme 
Lodge, until the formation of a Grand Lodge of that Jurisdiction, and 
shall pay to the Supreme Lodge, while under its control, five per cent, 
on its gross receipts semi-annually. 

Sec 2. When there are five Subordinate Lodges established and 
in working order in any Jurisdiction, the Deputy Grand Chancellor 
thereof shall notify the Supreme Chancellor, who shall cause the 
Supreme Recording and Corresponding Scribe to notify the Lodges of 
that Jurisdiction to elect three Representatives for one year, on the first 
meeting night after the receipt of the communication. 

Sec. 3. The Past Chancellors of the five Lodges, together with the 
Representatives elect, shall meet at such place as may be specified by 
the Supreme Chancellor, and proceed to organize a Grand Lodge by 
electing a V.G.P., G.C., V.G.C., G.R. and C.S., G.B., G.G., G.I.S. and 
G.O.S., and three (1) Representatives to the Supreme Lodge, all of 
whom must be Past Chancellors. 

Sec. 4. A notice of their organization, together with a list of their 
officers, shall be forwarded to the Supreme R. and C. Scribe through the 
Supreme Chancellor, and the latter officer shall install, or cause to be 
installed, the officers elect of said Grand Lodge, alter which it shall 
proceed to frame By-Laws for its own government, no inconsistent 
with the laws promulgated by this Body. 

(1) This provision was not in tonus amended, bul vraa bo in effect, by the amendment 
made to Article i! ante, made In 1870. See also as bearing on same subject Section 2, 
Article VII ot (Jnuui Lodge Constitution, note, page il_', post. 



108 CONSTITUTION. 

that Jurisdiction to elect two Representatives for the unex- 
pired balance of the year, up to the 31st day of December 
following, on the first meeting night of the Lodge after the 
receipt of the communication. 

533. 

Sec 3. The Past Chancellors of the five or more Lodges, 
together with the Representatives elect, shall meet at such 
place as may be specified by the Supreme Chancellor, 
and proceed to organize a Grand Lodge by electing a Past 
Grand Chancellor, Grand Chancellor, Grand Vice Chan- 
cellor, Grand Prelate, Grand Master of Exchequer, Grand 
Keeper of Records and Seal, Grand Master-at- Arms, Grand 
Inner Guard, Grand Outer Guard, all of whom must be Past 
Chancellors. 

534. 

Sec. 4. The Grand Lodge, as soon as organized, shall 
elect two Representatives to the Supreme Lodge, as pre- 
scribed in Section 2, Art. II of the Constitution, and the 
said Representatives are hereby declared Past Grand Chan- 
cellors. 

535. 

Sec 5. A notice of their organization, together with a 
list of their officers shall be forwarded to the Supreme K. 
of R. and S. through the Supreme Chancellor, and the latter 
officer shall install, or cause to be installed, by a Deputy 
Supreme Chancellor, the officers elect of said Grand Lodge, 
after which it shall proceed to frame a Constitution and 
By-Laws for its own government, not inconsistent with the 
laws promulgated by this Body. 

ARTICLE VII. (*) 

OF GRAND LODGE. 

536. 

Section 1. Grand Lodges exist by virtue of a Charter or 
Dispensation issued by authority of the Supreme Lodge, or 
Supreme Chancellor during its recess. They shall conform 

(a) Constitution for Grand Lodges : 

1868, Journal, 16-20, 38, 52, 53, 59. 

B®" (All matter italicised is of general application and obligatory ; all matter not itali- 
cised is recommendatory,) 

ARTICLE I. 

This body shall be known as the Grand Lodge of Knights of Pythias 
of the State of 

ARTICLE II.— Composition. 

It shall be composed of all Past Chancellors of Subordinate Lodges in the 
State. 



CONSTITUTION. 109 

to the Ritual, Forms, Ceremonies, Work, Regalia, Jewels, 
Uniform, Charts, Shields and Certificates, and regulations 
prescribed by the Supreme Lodge, in accordance with this 
Constitution, and shall (subject to the provisions hereof and 
right of appeal) have exclusive original jurisdiction over all 
Subordinate Lodges within their territorial limit, and over 
the members attached to the same. 

537. 

Sec. 2. All power and authority not herein reserved to 
the Supreme Lodge, is hereby delegated to the Grand Lodges; 
the Supreme Lodge, however, reserving to itself the right 

ARTICLE III.— Jurisdiction. 

This Grand Lodge shall have jurisdiction over all Lodges of Knights of 

Pythias within the State of It possesses the right and power of 

granting Charters, of suspending or taking away the same upon proper cause, 
of receiving and hearing all appeals, of redressing grievances and complaints 
arising in the Lodges under its jurisdiction, of enacting By-Laws for its 
government and support, provided the same are not in violation of the laws of 
the Supreme Lodge. 

ARTICLE IV.— Qualification of Members. 

Every member of, and Representative to the Grand Lodge, must be regular 
contributing members in good standing of a Subordinate Lodge. 

ARTICLE V.— Sessions. 

Section 1. This Grand Lodge shall hold an annual session on the 

day of January, and may hold (1) a semi-annual session on the 

day of July. The hour and place of meeting shall be fixed as 

the Grand Lodge may determine. 

Sec. 2. At the session of July, if any be held at that time (2), the 
returns of the Subordinate Lodges for the previous six months will be 
received, and nominations made for officers for the ensuing year, and 
such other business transacted as may come legally before the Grand 
Lodge. 

Sec. 3. At the annual session in January, the returns for the 
previous six months, will be received, the officers of the Grand Lodge, 
for the ensuing year, elected and installed, and such other business 
transacted as may be determined upon. 

ARTICLE VI. -Officers. 

Sec. 1. The elective officers shall be the G.C., V.G.C., G.R. and C.S. and 
G.B.. and Grand Representatives to the Supreme Lodge. 

Tlie appointive officers shall be the Grand Guide, Grand Inner and Outer 
Stewards, the District Deputy Grand Chancellors. The retiring Grand 
Chancellor shall fill the office of Venerable Grand Patriarch. 

Sec. 2. The Grand Chancellor shall preside at all sessions of the 
Grand Lodge, enforce order and decorum ; decide all questions of 
order without debate, subject, however, to an appeal to the Grand 
Lodge by two members; appoint Grand Officers, pro tern, in case of 

(1) The words " may hold " inserted by amendment of 1S70. 1H70, Journal, 1?-^. 202 

(2) The words "if any be held at that time" inserted by ftmeadmenl of 1870. 

1870, Journal. 16^, 202. 



110 CONSTITUTION. 

at any time, by proper amendments, duly adopted, to this 
Constitution, to resume any additional power necessary to 
promote the well-being and harmony of the Order. 

538. 

Sec. 3. Each Grand Lodge shall adopt a Constitution for 
its own government, and also a Constitution for its Subordi- 
nates, which Constitutions shall be in aecordance with the 
provisions of this Constitution and the laws made in pur- 
suance hereof. The Constitutions of Grand Lodges, and all 

temporary absence or disqualification of any Grand Officer; appoint 
all committees, unless otherwise ordered ; sign all orders drawn on 
the Grand Banker, for such sums as may be voted by the Grand 
Lodge, and such other papers as may require his signature to authen- 
ticate them ; exercise a general supervision over the Order in this 
Jurisdition. He shall call the Vice Grand Chancellor to his chair 
daring the discussion of any question before the Grand Lodge on 
which he may desire to speak. He shall, on the day of his installa- 
tion, appoint the following committees to serve for the term of one 
year, to wit : A Committee on Laws and Supervision. A Committee 
on Finance and Mileage. A Committee on Appeals and Grievances. 
A Committee on Returns and Credentials. He shall, at each stated 
session, present "and cause to be read to this Grand Lodge, his semi- 
annual report. He shall visit, officially, at least once during his term 
of office, accompanied by such of his Grand Officers as he may select, 
each Subordinate Lodge in the district in which he resides. All neces- 
sary reasonable expenses, incurred on such visits, shall be paid by this 
Grand Lodge. 

Sec. 3. The Vice Grand Chancellor is the counsellor and assistant 
of the Grand Chancellor. In the absence of the Grand Chancellor he 
shall preside over the Grand Lodge. In case of the removal, death, 
resignation, or inability of the Grand Chancellor, the powers of said 
officer shall devolve on the Vice Grand Chancellor for the time being. 

Sec 4. The Grand Recording and Corresponding Scribe shall keep 
a just and true record of all the proceedings of the Grand Lodge at 
each session, and transmit annually to each Subordinate Lodge, as 
many copies thereof as the Lodge has Past Chancellors and Officers ; 
preserve the archives, have charge of the seal, books, papers and other 
properties of the Grand Lodge, and deliver the same to his successor 
when required so to do by the Grand Lodge ; prepare all Charters and 
Dispensations for Subordinate Lodges; notif}' officially all Subordi- 
nate Lodges within the State of all meetings of the Grand Lodge ; 
carry on the necessary correspondence of the Grand Lodge ; keep a 
register, which shall contain a list of all charters granted to Subordinate 
Lodges, and a record of all Past Chancellors and Representatives en- 
titled to seats in this Grand Lodge ; also keep a record and notify all 
Subordinate Lodges on the receipt of such information, of all rejected 
candidates and suspended members; attest all official papers and 
documents ; perform such other duties as are required by the Laws 
and Regulation of the Order, and as the Grand Lodge may from time 
to time direct. Have his regular office hours, and give notice to the 
Subordinate Lodges of the time at which he so will attend, and at each 
annual session, present a report of the general condition of the Order, 
to this Grand Lodge. He shall have power to provide himself, at the 
expense of the Grand Lodge, with such books, papers and stationery 
as are necessary for the fulfillment of his duties ; and keep in his office 
a copy of the Seal of each Subordinate Lodge in his Jurisdiction. 



CONSTITUTION. Ill 

amendments thereof, shall not go into effect until submitted 
to and approved by the Supreme Chancellor or Supreme 
Lodge. 

539. 

Sec. 4. Grand Lodges shall be composed only of Past 
Chancellors, but said Grand Lodges may provide for a repre- 
sentative system, and may limit the rights and privileges 
of Past Chancellors on the floor of the Grand Lodge. 

He shall receive all moneys due to the Grand Lodge, and pay them 
over immediately to the Grand Banker, taking his receipt therefor, 
and keep an exact and true account of the same, draw all orders on 
the Grand Banker for such moneys as may be voted by the Grand 
Lodge, and attest the same ; report in writing at the annual session, 
and at other times when so required by the Grand Lodge, the condi- 
tion of the funds of the Grand Lodge, and of the accounts of Subordi- 
nate Lodges, and deliver the books to the Finance Committee whenever 
they may demand them. For the faithful performance of his duties, 
he shall receive the sum of *— dollars per annum. 

Sec. 5. The Grand Banker shall receive all funds for the use of the 
Grand Lodge from the Grand Recording and Corresponding Scribe, 
giving to him a receipt for the same ; pay all orders drawn on him 
by the Grand Chancellor, properly attested ; keep the accounts in a 
proper manner, exhibiting the sources and amounts of receipts, and 
the purposes and amounts of disbursements, and give a statement in 
writing thereof, at the stated session, or whenever required to do so 
by the Grand Lodge. At the expiration of his term of office, he shall 
deliver all books, papers and moneys (belonging to the Grand Lodge, 
in his possession) to his successor. Before entering upon the duties 
of his office, he shall give such security for the faithful performance of 
his trust, as the Grand Lodge may deem satisfactory, and deliver the 
books to the Finance Committee for examination whenever they may 
demand them. 

Sec. 6. The Grand Guide shall assist in the ceremonies of the 
Grand Lodge, and in preserving order therein, examine and conduct 
new members and Representatives in the Grand Lodge, and execute 
the commands of the Grand Chancellor. 

Sec 7. The Grand Inner Steward shall have charge of the inner 
door. He shall see that all members of the Grand Lodge are clothed 
in appropriate regalia before entering the Lodge room. 

Sec. 8. The Grand Outer Steward shall have charge of the outer 
door, allow no person to enter the anteroom without the Password, 
unless ordered so to do by the Grand Chancellor, and be responsible, 
for the safe-keeping of all regalias, jewels and other property of 
the Grand Lodge, while that body is in session. For the faithful per- 
formance of his duties he shall receive not less than — dollars per 
annum. 

Sec. 9. The Representatives to the Supreme Lodge shall attend all 
meetings of that Body, and faithfully represent the views and interests 
of this Grand Lodge therein. They shall be furnished with certifi- 
cates of election in such form as may be prescribed. 

Sec 10. The D.D. Grand Chancellor is the Representative of the 
Grand Chancellor in the district placed under his jurisdiction, and it 
shall be his duty to see that the work of the Order is performed uni- 
formly; to install or cause to be installed, the officers of the Lodges 
under his charge, and report his doings to the Grand Chancellor in 

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112 CONSTITUTION. 

540. 

Sec. 5. The officers of a Grand Lodge shall be as pre- 
scribed in Section 3, Article VI of this Constitution, who 
shall be elected or appointed as the Constitutions of the 
respective Grand Lodges may prescribe, and who shall hold 
office for the term of one year. 



time for the sessions of the Grand Lodge. He shall receive the dues 
and quarterly reports from the Lodges in his district, and transmit 
them to the Grand Recording and Corresponding Scribe within one 
week after the installation of officers of Subordinate Lodges. He shall 
receive from the Grand Recording and Corresponding Scribe, all dis- 
pensations for new Lodges under his jurisdiction, after they may have 
been granted by this Grand Lodge or the Grand Officers, and with the 
assistance of such brethren as he may deem qualified, open such new 
Lodges, deliver the dispensations and install the officers. He shall, 
when visiting Subordinate Lodges in his district, be provided with his 
commission, to be delivered to him by the Grand Chancellor on his 
appointment. He shall also perform such other duties as the Grand 
Lodge or the Grand Chancellor may from time to time order and direct. 
All necessary and reasonable expenses of the D.D. Grand Chancellor 
shall be paid by the Grand Lodge. 

ARTICLE VII. — Mode of Election of Grand Officers. 

Sec 1. Each Grand Lodge shall regulate the manner of electing its 
officers. The Grand Lodge shall pay the mileage and necessary ex- 
penses of its Officers and Representatives. The rate shall be — cents 
per mile. 

Sec. 2. The Representatives to the Supreme Lodge must be elected 
for two vears and must be Past Grand Chancellors. In case of new 
Grand Lodges the V.G.P., G.C. and Y.G.C. shall, by virtue of their 
offices, become Past Grand Chancellors and Representatives to the 
Supreme Lodge, provided, however, that they shall serve out their 
term of office in the Grand Lodge for which they were elected.(l) 

Sec 3. The installation shall take place immediately after the result 
of the election is announced. 

ARTICLE IX. — Returns and Dues of Subordinates. 

At the end of each term, each Subordinate Lodge shall pay to the 
Grand Lodge as dues, not less than — cents, per capita tax for every 
Knight in good standing, the number of which shall be shown upon 
the report. They shall also return the blank furnished by the Grand 
Lodge, properly filled out, with the signature of the C.C. and K. of 
R. and S. attached, and an impression of the Seal upon it. 

ARTICLE XL— Quorum and Voting. 

Sec 1. In all cases where the number of Lodges in a jurisdiction 
exceeds ICO, one-third of the Lodges, if represented, shall constitute a 
quorum. A majority of the Lodges shall constitute a quorum in all 
other cases. 

Sec 2. Each Grand Lodge shall regulate its manner of voting. 

(1) See Sec. 3, Article VI, Supreme Lodge Constitution, ante, page 108. 



CONSTITUTION. 113 

541. 

Sec. 6. Charters of Grand Lodges may be revoked, and 
Grand Lodges suspended, by the Supreme Lodge, for non- 
conformity to the Work, Ceremonies or Ritual adopted by 
the Supreme Lodge ; for disobedience to its legal mandates, 
and for improper conduct. 



ARTICLE XII.— Revenue. 

Each Grand Lodge shall regulate the price of charters or dispensa- 
tions, rituals, installation work, odes and withdrawal cards. The four 
last named articles must, in all cases, be procured from the Supreme 
Lodge. In no case shall the price of charters be less than $15. 

ARTICLE XIII— Dispensations. 

Dispensations can be granted by the Grand Chancellor or his Deputy 
upon application from a Lodge, for the following purposes : 
To propose, elect and initiate at the same session. 
To confer the three degrees at the same session. 
To confer the degrees upon a person over fifty years of age. 

ARTICLE XI V.— By-Laws, Rules of Order and Order op Business 

Each Grand Lodge shall regulate its Order of Business, and shall 
form its own By-Laws provided they are not in violation of this Con- 
stitution. 

For the Rules of Order, " Cushing's Manual " shall be the guide. 

ARTICLE XV.— Blanks. 

The following blanks will be furnished, by the Grand Recording and 
Corresponding Scribe : 
Blank semi-annual Returns. 
Blank Past Chancellor's Certificate. 
Blank Representative Certificate. 
Blank Dispensation. 

Blank District Deputy Grand Chancellor's Commission. 
Blank Form of Application for Charter. 



ARTICLE XVI. 

Each Grand Lodge shall regulate the mode of Election for Officers in 
Subordinate Lodges and the mode of balloting; establish the duties of 
Subordinate Lodge Officers ; establish the mode of conducting charges 
and trials. 



114 CONSTITUTION. 

ARTICLE VIII. 00 

OF SUBORDINATE LODGES. 

542. 

Section 1. Subordinate Lodges exist by virtue of Dis- 
pensations issued by the Supreme Lodge through the Su- 
preme Chancellor, or Charters granted in lieu thereof, or 
directly, by the appropriate Grand Lodge ; but to each 
Grand Lodge when formed, belongs the exclusive right to 
issue Charters to Lodges instituted within its prescribed 
territorial Jurisdiction. 

543. 

Sec 2. Grand Lodges shall prescribe a Constitution for 
the Subordinate Lodges within their jurisdiction, but the 
following obligatory general rules or principles shall be 
incorporated into each Subordinate Lodge Constitution : 

544. 

1. A Lodge shall never consist of less than seven mem- 
bers of the Knight Rank, and shall hold stated meetings 
at least once a week, at such an hour as may from time to 
time be determined upon ; Provided, That each Grand Lodge 
may allow meeting at longer intervals by a regular dispen- 
sation. 

545. 

2. Not less than seven members of the Knight Rank 
shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, 
including one qualified to preside, and if seven members 
only be present, no appropriation of money shall be made 
unless it be by unanimous consent. 

(a) Constitution for Subordinate Lodges. 

1868, Journal, 16-20, 39, 53-55, 59. 

The italicised portions of the Constitution are obligatory, and apply to all Subordinate 
Lodges. 

Sec. 1. A Lodge shall never consist of less than nine members of the 
Knight's Rank, including one qualified to preside, and shall hold stated 
meetings at least once a week, at such an hour as may from time to time 
be determined upon. 

Sec. 2. Not less than seven (1) members shall constitute a quorum for the 
transaction of business, and if seven (1) members only be present, no appro- 
priations of money shall be made, unless it be by a unanimous consent. 

Sec. 3. Special meetings may be held at such times as the business 
of the Lodge may require, but they shall be confined to the business 
that they were called to consider. The C.C. (2) may call such meet- 
ings at his own discretion, and also when requested so to do in writing 
by five members of the Lodge. 

(1) This was originally "nine" in place of "seven," until 1871. 

1871, Journal, 363, 393. 

(2) This was originally " W.C." in place of " C.C," until 1872. 

1872, Journal, 560, 601, 656-659. 



CONSTITUTION. 115 

546. 

3. The Lodge shall transact all its business in the 
Knight Kank, except the actual conferring of the Page or 
Esquire Rank. 

547. 

4. The officers of a Subordinate Lodge shall be as pro- 
vided in the Ritual of the Order. 

548. 

5. Nominations for the elective officers may be made on 
the night preceding and on the night of election. 

549. 

6. Officers shall be installed at the first regular meeting 
in the new term, if unforeseen circumstances do not pre- 
vent ; but no officer shall be installed unless he has fully 
paid to his Lodge the amount of all dues and claims of 
whatsoever nature then accrued. 

550. 

7. All vacancies by death, removal, suspension, resigna- 
tion or otherwise, shall be filled in the manner of the 
original selection, to serve the residue of the term, and 
officers so serving shall be entitled to the honors of the 
term. 

551. 

8. No person shall be initiated into a Lodge of this 
Order, who has not reached the legal age of majority in the 
country where the Lodge is located, nor unless he be a white 
male, of good moral character, sound in health, and a be- 

Sec. 4. Every Lodge shall be opened at the appointed time ; and 
in the absence of the C.C. (1) the V.C. shall preside ; and in the absence 
of both, the senior P.C.; and if no P.O. present, a Knight may be called 
to the Chair by a majority of the members present. 

Sec. 5. The Lodge shall transact its actual business in the Knights' Bank. 

ARTICLE II.— Officers. 

(2) Sec. 1. The elective officers of this Lodge shall be the C.C. and V.C. 
and Prelate, ivho shall be elected semi-annually, in June and December; and 
the Keeper of Records and Seal, Master of Finance and Master of Exchequer, 
who shall be elected annually by ballot, at the last meeting of December. The 
retiring C.C. shall fill the office of Past Chancellor. 

(1) This was originally " W. C." in place of " C. C," until 1872. 

1872, Journal, 560, 601, 656-659. 

(2) Until 1S72 this Section was the same as above, except that " CO.," wherever occur- 
ing, was " W.C." The words, "and Prelate" were Dot therein, and "Keeper of Records 
Seal, Master of Finance and Master of Exchequer," read "Recording Scribe, Financial 
Scribe and Banker." 

1872, Journal, 560, 601, 03(5-059. 



116 CONSTITUTION. 

liever in a Supreme Being. Every application for mem- 
bership must be accompanied with the initiation fee, the 
amount of which shall be fixed by each Grand Lodge ; Pro- 
vided, That in no case shall the three ranks be conferred 
in North America for a less amount than ten dollars ; 
Provided, further, That the Supreme Chancellor be and he is 
hereby authorized and empowered, upon the application of 
a Grand Lodge, through its proper officers, to issue his Dis- 
pensation, authorizing and permitting such Jurisdiction to 
confer the three Ranks of the Order for a sum not less than 
six dollars. (a) 

552. 

9. Applications for initiation must be signed by the 
petitioner, stating his age, residence and occupation, and 
indorsed by two Knights in good standing, who are members 
of the Lodge, which must be entered on the records, and the 
petition referred to a committee of three for investigation, 
(neither of whom shall have recommended him,) whose 
duty it shall be to report on the character and qualifica- 
tions of the petitioner at a regular meeting. The applicant 
shall then be balloted for, by secret ball ballot, and, if ap- 
proved, he may be admitted. 

553. 

10. Should two black balls appear against a candidate, 
the ballot shall be renewed immediately. Should two or 

(1) Sec. 2. The appointive officers shall be the, Master at Arms, Inner 
Guaidand Outer Guard, who shall be appointed by the newly elected C.C. 
on the night of his installation. 

Sec. 3. Any Knight in good standing having served one full term in an 
appointive office, shall be eligible to the office of V. C. 

Sec. 4. Nominations for all the above elective officers shall be made on the 
night preceding and on the night of election, except to fill a vacancy. 

Sec. 5. Officers shall be installed at the first regular meeting in the new 
term, if unforeseen circumstances do not prevent it. But no member shall be 
installed who is indebted to the Lodge, nor shall any officer who has been in- 
stalled retain his seat if he shall be in arrears to the amount of six months 1 
dues. 

Sec. 6. All vacancies shall be filled in the manner of the original selection, 
to serve the residue of the term, and officers so serving shall be entitled to the 
honors of the term. 

ARTICLE III.— Mode of Election. 

The Grand Lodge shall regulate the mode of election for officer or 
officers. 

(a) This last proviso was added b}' the amendment made in 1876. 

1875, Journal, 1168. 

1876, Journal, 1325, 1330. 

(1) This Section was as above until 1872 except that "Master at Amis, Inner Guard 
and Outer Guard," read " Guide, Inner and Outer Steward," and " C.C." read " W.C" 

1872, Journal, 560, 601, 656-659. 



CONSTITUTION. 117 

more appear on the second ballot, he shall be declared re- 
jected, and no other ballot shall be taken in his case for the 
space of six months thereafter. 

554. 

11. One week must elapse between the conferring of the 
Eanks in all cases, except the first four meetings of a new 
Lodge : but in every instance one week must elapse between 
the application and the conferring of the initiatory Rank 
of Page. 

(The above paragraph shall not apply to cases where Dis- 
pensations are granted by a proper Grand Officer, or through 
his Deputy.) 

555. 

12. Any Brother of the Order, in good standing, desirous 
of becoming a member of a Lodge, shall make application 
as in the case of an uninitiated person, and accompany 
same with his withdrawal card from the Lodge of which he 
was last a member, or the card granted by. the Grand Lodge 
in lieu thereof, which shall be referred to a committee of 
three, whose duty it shall be to report as to the standing 
and qualifications of the applicant at a regular meeting. 
The Brother shall then be balloted for by secret ball ballot, 
as in the case of an initiate. Any Brother who may have 
lost his card can have the same renewed by applying to 
the source from which it emanated. 

ARTICLE IV.— Voting. 
The G. L. shall determine the manner of voting. 

ARTICLE V. — Membership and Degrees. 

Sec. 1. 'No person shall be initiated into a Lodge ivho is under twenty-one, 
or over fifty years of age, (unless by dispensation,) nor unless he be a white 
male citizen of good moral character, sound in health and a believer in the 
Supreme Being. Every application for membership must be accompanied 
with the initiation fee, the amount of which shall not be less than four dollars. 
The fee for the Rank of Esquire shall never be less than three dollars, and the 
fee for the Rank of Knight shall never be less than three dollars. The initia- 
tion fee shall in all cases accompany the application. 

Sec. 2. Applications for initiation must be signed by the petitioner) stating 
his age, residence and occupation, and endorsed by two Knights in good 
standing, who are members of the Lodge, which must be entered on the records, 
and the petition referred to a committee of three for investigation, (neither of 
whom shall have recommended him,) whose duty it shall be to report on the 
character and qualifications of the petitioner at the next regular meeting. The 
applicant shall then be balloted for, and if approved, he may be ad milted. 

Sec 3. Should two black balls appear against a candidate, the ballot shall 
be renewed immediately. Should two or more appear on the second ballot, lie 
shall be declared rejected, and no oilier ballot shall be taken in his case for tlie 
space of six months thereafter. 

Sec. 4. One week must elapse between the conferring of the degrees, in all 
cases, except the first four meeting nights of a new Lodge; but in all cases 



118 CONSTITUTION. 

556. 

13. No proposition for membership shall be withdrawn, 
unless by consent of the Lodge, after it has been referred to 
a committee, and all cases so referred shall be balloted for 
upon the report of the committee, whether it be favorable 
or unfavorable. 

557. 

14. A candidate for membership, residing in a jurisdic- 
tion other than the one in which his proposition is offered, 
shall not be initiated without the written consent of the 
Lodge nearest his residence. 

558. 

15. No Rank shall be conferred on a Brother who is a 
non-resident of the Jurisdiction, or who is a member of 
another Lodge, without first obtaining the permission of the 
Lodge to which the Brother is attached. 

559. 

16. No Rank shall be conferred under any pretense what- 
ever, unless the same shall have been previously paid for 

one week must elapse between the application and the conferring of the 
initiatory Bank of Page. 

( The above section shall not apply to cases where dispensations are granted.) 

Sec. 5. Any brother of the Order, in good standing, desirous of becoming 
a member of a Lodge, shall send his withdrawal card from the Lodge of which 
he was last a member, or the card granted by the Grand Lodge in lieu thereof, 
which shall be referred to a committee of three, whose duty it shall be to report 
as to the standing and qualifications of the applicant at the next regular 
meeting. The brother shall then be balloted for, and if he receives a two-thirds 
vote of the members present, he shall be declared elected. Any brother who 
may have lost his card, or which may be out of date, can have the same 
renewed by applying to the source from which it emanated. 

Sec. 6. No proposition for membership shall be withdrawn after it has been 
referred to a committee, except by unanimous consent, and all whose cases are 
so referred shall be balloted for upon the report of the committee, whether it be 
favorable or unfavorable. 

(1) Sec. 7. When an applicant for membership has been rejected, 
notice of his rejection shall be immediately sent by the Keeper of 
Records and Seal to the Grand Recording and Corresponding: Scribe of 
the Jurisdiction; and the amount accompanying his application be 
returned to him by the K. of R. and S. with a' notice of his rejection. 

Sec. 8. Every applicant elected to membership failing; to present 
himself for initiation or admission within six stated meetings of the 
Lodge after being notified of his election, (unless prevented by sickness 
or some other unavoidable occurrence,) shall forfeit the amount that 
has been paid by him to the Lodge. 

Sec. 9. No Rank shall be conferred on a brother who is a member of 
another Lodge, without first obtaining the permission of the Lodge to which the 
brother is attached. 

Sec. 10. No Rank shall be conferred under any pretense ichatever, unless 
the same shall have been previously paid for. 

(1) This section was as above until 1872, except that "Keeper of Records and Seal" 
wherever occurring read " Recording Scribe." 

1872, Journal, 560, G01, 656-659. 



CONSTITUTION. 119 

560. 

_ 17. Applications for Withdrawal Cards shall he made, 
either personally or in writing, to a Lodge, and a card there- 
upon shall be granted; Provided, the Brother be clear of the 
books, free from charges made or pending, and there be no 
other valid objection. 

561. 

18. Any Withdrawal Card may be revoked by a Lodge 
granting the same, or ordered vacated by the proper Grand 
Lodge, or Grand Chancellor, at any time, for cause appear- 
ing, and when so revoked for the purpose of impeachment 
or trial, the person holding said card shall again become sub- 
ject to the Lodge which issued same, in so far as concerns 
said impeachment or trial. Refusal to comply with proper 
citation in this connection shall constitute contempt. 

562. 

19. A withdrawal card can be renewed if lost or destroyed 
accidentally, and satisfactory evidence adduced from the 
holder and applicant, by the Lodge having granted the 
same, and upon such terms as the Lodge may determine. 



ARTICLE VI — Cards, (i) 
Applications for Withdrawal Cards shall be made either personally or in 
writing to a Lodge, and a card thereupon shall be granted ; provided, the 
brother be clear of the books, and there be no valid objection. No visiting cards 
shall be permitted in the Order. Any withdrawal card may be revoked by a 
Lodge granting the same, at any time, for cause appearing. 



ARTICLE VII.— Seal. 
Each Lodge shall have a seal with appropriate devices, ivhich shall be 
affixed to such cards, as well as to all official communications emanating from 
the Lodge. 

ARTICLE VIII— Duties of Officers. 
The Grand Lodge shall prescribe the duties of officers. 

ARTICLE IX.— Dues and Benefits. ( 2 ) 

Each Subordinate Lodge shall regulate its dues and benefits; provided, 
however, that a member who is one year in arrears shall stand suspended. 



ARTICLE X.— Charges, Trials, Etc. 
The Grand Lodge shall regulate the mode of charges and trials. 

(1) This article was as above until 1S72, except the last clause, as to revoking cards, 
which was added that year. 

1S72, Journal. 

(2) This Article as it read until 1S71 was " six months " in place of •■ one year " 

1871, Journal, 389, 417. 



120 CONSTITUTION. 

563. 

20. Each Lodge shall have a seal with appropriate 
devices, which shall be affixed to such cards, as well as 
to all official documents emanating from the Lodge. 

564. 

21. A member who is one year in arrears shall be 
declared suspended; Provided, said member is not under 
charges, (a) 

565. 

22. Lodges shall provide for carrying into effect the bene- 
ficial character of the Order, by providing for the payment of 
weekly benefits in case of disability, and funeral benefits in 
case of the death of a member ; and weekly benefits shall 
not be less than one dollar per week, nor funeral benefits 
less than twenty dollars. 

OF DELINQUENT OR DEFUNCT LODGES. ( b ) 

566. 

Section 3. Any Grand or Subordinate Lodge may be 
suspended or dissolved, and its Charter or Dispensation 
forfeited to the Supreme or the proper Grand Lodge : 

567. 

1. For improper conduct. 



(a) The proviso to this clause added by the amendment of 1876. 

1875, Journal, 1168. 

1876, Journal, 1325, 1331. 

(b) Original Grand Lodge Constitution. 

ARTICLE X. — Of Delinquent or Defunct Lodges. 

Sec. 1. Any Lodge may be suspended or dissolved, and its charter or dis- 
pensation forfeited to the Grand Lodge. 

1. For improper conduct. 

2. For neglecting or refusing to conform to the Constitution or 
Laws of the Grand Lodge, or the general laws and regulations of the 
Order. 

3. For neglecting or refusing to make its returns, or for non-payment of 
dues to the Grand Lodge. But the charter or dispensation shall not be for- 
feited in either of the above cases, until the Lodge shall have been duly notified 
of its offence by the Grand Recording and Corresponding Scribe, and suitable 
opportunity given them to answer the charges made against it. 

4. For neglecting to hold the regular stated meeting as provided by law, 
unless prevented from doing so by some unforeseen circumstance. 

5. By its membership diminishing, so that less than a constitutional 
quorum may be left. 



CONSTITUTION. - 121 

568. 

2. For neglecting or refusing to conform to the Consti- 
tution, Laws or Enactments of the Supreme or its Grand 
Lodge, or the general laws and regulations of the Order. 

569. 

3. For neglecting or refusing to make its returns, or for 
non-payment of dues or taxes to the Supreme or its proper 
Grand Lodge. But the Charter or Dispensation shall not 
be forfeited in either of the above cases, until the Lodge 
shall have been duly notified of its offence by the Supreme 
or proper Grand Keeper of Records and Seal, and suitable 
opportunity given to answer the charges made against it. 

570. 

4. For neglecting to hold the regular stated meetings as 
provided by law, without a proper Dispensation therefor, or 
unless prevented from doing so by some unforeseen circum- 
stance. 

571. 

5. By its membership diminishing, so that less than a 
constitutional quorum may be left. 



Sec. 2. When an impeached Lodge neglects or refuses to answer 
within a given time, it may be tried and suspended for contempt. To 
suspend a Lodge, requires a two-third vote of all the members present, 
who may be entitled to vote. 

Sec. 3" When a Lodge is suspended or dissolved, it shall be the 
duty of its last Chancellor Commander, or if there is none, of its senior 
officer, to deliver up the dipensation or charter, books, jewels, funds, 
emblems, regalia and other property and effects to the Grand Chan- 
cellor or his Deputy, and if any officer or member having custody of 
any part of the said property or effects, refuses to surrender the same, 
he may be forever excluded from membership in the Order, even if 
his Lodge should be reinstated. 

Sec. 4. All funds and effects received by the Grand Lodge from a 
dissolved or suspended Subordinate Lodge, shall be restored in the 
event of its being reinstated, which reinstatement may be done by the 
majority vote of the Grand Lodge, at a stated or special session. 

Sec. 5. Members of any defunct Lodge, who were in good standing 
at the time of the dissolution, may be admitted into any other Lodge, 
after having applied to and received from the Grand Lodge, a card signed 
by the Grand Chancellor, and countersigned by the Grand Recording 
and Corresponding Scribe, with the seal of the Grand Lodge attached. 
The application for such card must be accompanied by the fee of $2; 
the card to hold good twelve months. 



122 - CONSTITUTION. 

ARTICLE IX. W 

QUORUM OF VOTES. 

572. 

A majority of the Grand Lodges shall constitute a quorum 
to transact business; and a member of a Grand Lodge whose 
returns for the year and Supreme Representative tax have 
not been regularly and annually forwarded to the proper 
Supreme Officers on or before the first day of May (b) prior 
to any session of the Supreme Lodge, shall in no case be 
entitled to a vote, either by being an Officer or Supreme 
Representative. 

ARTICLE X. (0 

REVENUE. 

573. 

Each Grand Lodge shall pay to the Supreme Lodge the 
sum of $75 dollars annually for each Representative to 
which they are entitled, and each Grand and Subordinate 
Lodge shall pay for supplies such sums as may be fixed in 
the By-Laws of the Supreme Lodge, and all work or sup- 
plies so ordered must be paid for when ordering, or on date 
of cleliverv. 



(a) Original Supreme Lodge Constitution. 

Article VII. — Quorum of Votes. 
A majority of the Grand Lodges shall constitute a quorum to trans- 
act business and a member of a Grand Lodge whose returns for the 
year have not been forwarded to the Supreme Lodge, shall in no case 
be entitled to a vote, except by unanimous consent. 

(b) Changed from " March " to " May," by amendment of 1876. 

1875, Journal, 1169. 

1876, Journal, 1326, 1331. 

(c) Original Supreme Lodge Constitution. 

Article VIII. — Revenue. 

Sec 1. Each Grand Lodge shall pay to the Supreme Lodge the 
sum of $75 (2) annually for each Representative they are entitled to. 

Sec. 2. The Charter fees shall be as follows :— For Grand Lodges, 
$30. Subordinate Lodges, $15. 

Sec 3. Grand Lodge Ritual, $3 each, and $15 dollars per set. Sub- 
ordinate Lodge Ritual, (to Grand Lodges,) $2 each ; $10 per set. Instal- 
lation wotk, (to Grand Lodges,) 25 cents each, $1 per set.- Odes, (to 
Grand Lodges,) 2\ cents each, $2.50 per hundred. Withdrawal Cards, 
(to Grand Lodges,) 25 cents each. 

Sec 4. To Subordinate Lodges : Rituals, $4 00 each, $20.00 per set. 
Installations, 50 cents each, $2.00 per set. Odes, 5 cents each, $5.00 
per set. 

Sec 5. All work delivered to Grand and Subordinate Lodges must 
be paid for within three months afterdate of delivery. 

(2) This Section, until amended in 1871, was " £50," in place of " §75." 

1871, Journal, 423. 



CONSTITUTION. 123 

ARTICLE XL ( a ) 

MILEAGE. 

574. 

The Supreme Lodge shall pay the mileage and necessary 
expenses of its Officers and Representatives to and while in 
Supreme Session, unless otherwise provided for. 

575. 

The mileage shall be at the rate of four cents per mile, 
and four dollars per dav during the actual session of the 
Body. 

ARTICLE XII. 

REGALIA. 

576. 

The Regalia of the Supreme, Grand and Subordinate 
Lodges shall be such as is prescribed by the Supreme 
Lodge, or adopted and approved from time to time at the 
Regular Sessions of the Supreme Lodge. 



ARTICLE XIII. 

CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS OBLIGATORY. 

577. 

All Constitutional provisions contained in all Articles, 
Sections or paragraphs of this Constitution and By-Laws 
are obligatory, in every sense, on all Grand and Subordinate 
Lodges, Knights of Pythias, and all Grand or Subordinate 
Lodge laws in contravention or conflict herewith are rend- 
ered void of effect and illegal in enforcement, or, if enforced, 
are acts of contumacy, liable and subject to proj)er punish- 
ment. 

ARTICLE XIV. 

LAWS, WHEN IN FORCE. 

578. 

All laws, enactments, or legislation of the Supreme Lodge 
becomes of force from date of passage and publication. 

(a) Original Supreme Lodge Constitution. 

ARTICLE IX.— Mileage. 

The Supreme Lodge shall pay the mileage and necessary expenses 
of its Officers and Representatives. 

The mileage shall be at the rate of four (1) cents per mile. 

(1) This article until amended in 1S72 read " six. ; ' in place of " four." 

1S72, Journal, 5S0, 589, 595. 



124 CONSTITUTION. 

ARTICLE XV. 

SUPREME REPRESENTATIVES' REPORTS. 

579. 

Supreme Representatives' written reports to their Grand 
Lodges, or Grand Officers, are official in so far as rendering a 
Supreme Law operative in its effect prior to the issuance of 
the Journal of Proceedings or a General Order, and may be 
recognized until said Journal of Proceedings or General 
Orders are issued, when said general promulgation and issu- 
ance of the Journal or Orders, if differing from their reports 
in letter, spirit or construction, it (Journal or Orders) must 
be immediately conformed to in every respect. 

ARTICLE XVI. 

PASSWORDS. 

580. 

The Supreme Chancellor shall have exclusive right of 
creation and promulgation of all passwords proper and fit- 
ting for the case involved — to rescind, call in, and change 
the same, if circumstances require or the exigencies of the 
case warrant — prescribe their application and use. 

ARTICLE XVII. 

FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 

581. 

The Supreme Chancellor may authorize and establish the 
Order in foreign countries, arrange for and assent to the 
institution of Grand Lodges therein, under proper reserva- 
tions for mutual advantage, but, in all instances, exacting 
and holding intact the spirit, letter and intent, of this Con- 
stitution and By-Laws. 

ARTICLE XVIII» 

ANNUAL RETURNS. 

582. 

Each Grand Lodge, under the control of the Supreme 
Lodge, as also all Subordinate Lodges in any State, Coun- 
try, Island or Territory, where there is no Grand Lodge 
legally at work or properly instituted, shall make out annual 

(a) Original Supreme Lodge Constitution. 

ARTICLE XL — Delinquent Grand Lodges. 

Any Grand Lodge neglecting to forwards its returns, together with 
the Representative Tax, due previous to the annual session of the 
Supreme Lodge, shall disqualify its members from voting in the Su- 
preme Lodge and shall not be entitled to receive the password until 
said returns and payments are made. 



CONSTITUTION. 125 

returns of its work and business in accordance with the 
form sent or delivered to them by the Supreme Keeper of 
Eecords and Seal, or other proper officer, and forward the 
same, with the legal dues or tax from that Body to the 
Supreme Lodge, to said Supreme Keeper of Records and 
Seal, on or before the first day of May (a) of each year, or, 
in default thereof, such Grand Lodge shall forfeit its right 
to representation at the next session of the Supreme Lodge. 



ARTICLE XIX. W 

APPEALS AND WRITS OF ERROR. 

1S75, Journal, 1169. 
1876, Journal, 1326, 1331. 
583. 

Section 1. All appeals and writs of error, taken from 
the action or decision of a Grand Lodge or a Subordinate 
Lodge under the immediate jurisdiction of the Supreme 
Lodge of the World, to said Supreme Lodge, as hereinafter 
provided, shall be received and passed upon by said Supreme 
Lodge, in its capacity of a court of last resort ; but in all 
cases, the action or decision of a Grand Lodge, or a Subordi- 
nate Lodge under the immediate jurisdiction of the Su- 
preme Lodge, shall be final and conclusive until reversed 
by this Supreme Lodge, on appeals or prosecutions of a 
writ of error therefrom, as hereinafter provided. 

584. 

Sec. 2. An appeal may be taken from the action or 
decision of any Subordinate Lodge under the immediate 
jurisdiction of the Supreme Lodge of the World, to said 
Supreme Lodge, by any member of such Subordinate Lodge, 
or by any other person whose rights have been denied by 
such action or decision, upon giving written notice to said 
Subordinate Lodge, of said appeal, within two weeks from 
and after such action or decision. 

(a) Changed from "March" to "May" by amendment of 1876. 

1875, Journal, 1169. 

1876, Journal, 1326, 1331. 

(b) This Article in the Constitution as adopted in 1874, and until 
amended in 1876, read as follows: 

"ARTICLE XIV.— Appeals. 
All appeals from the action of Grand or Subordinate Lodges, or by 
the members thereof, to this Supreme Body, shall be received and 
passed upon in its capacity of a court of last resort. Said appeals, in 
proper form, shall come up without any intervention or prevention of 
Grand or Subordinate Lodges, and when presented for certification by 
their official seal, the same shall be done." 



126 CONSTITUTION. 

585. 

Sec. 3. With the consent of a Grand Lodge, an appeal 
may be taken by any Subordinate Lodge, or member under 
its jurisdiction, from any action or decision of such Grand 
Lodge, to the Supreme Lodge of the World ; Provided, how- 
ever, that such consent shall not be necessary, when a 
suspended or dissolved Lodge, after having surrendered to 
its Grand Lodge all its effects, books and property, appeals 
from such decision ; and, provided further, that any action 
or decision of a Grand Lodge, where is drawn in question 
any provision of the Constitution, or any enactment or 
authority of the Supreme Lodge of the World, and the 
action or decision is against the validity of such provision, 
enactment or authority, may be examined and reversed or 
affirmed in the Supreme Lodge of the World, upon a writ of 
error, to the same extent as could have been done upon an 
appeal legally taken from such action or decision. 

586. 

Sec 4. Such writ of error, as provided for by the last 
section, may be issued by and upon petition to, either the 
Grand Chancellor of the Grand Lodge, the action or decision 
of which is sought to be reviewed, the Supreme Chancellor 
or the Supreme Lodge of the World, in the case provided 
for in the last section, and in the order only as above named 
in this section. 

587. 

Sec 5. Consent of a Grand Lodge to appeal must be 
obtained at the same session at which the action or decis- 
ion from which such appeal is sought to be taken, was 
had, and the proper record upon such appeal must be trans- 
mitted, properly attested, to the next session of the Su- 
preme Lodge thereafter: provided, that the Supreme Lodge 
may, in extreme cases, allow the appeal to be entertained 
at not later than its next following session thereafter. 
The same rules shall also apply in the prosecution of a 
writ of error. 

588. 

Sec 6. The Supreme Lodge of the World may also adopt 
such additional rules and regulations as may be deemed 
necessary and proper to fully carry into effect the forego- 
ing provisions of this article. 

ARTICLE XX. 

APPLICATION FOR GRAND LODGE CHARTERS. 

589. 

Grand Lodges working under Dispensation issued hj the 
Supreme Chancellor must apply in regular course, by peti- 



CONSTITUTION. 127 

tion, for their Charter, at the first Regular Session after 
their institution, which petition shall be accompanied by 
their Reports, Constitution and By-Laws, all of which shall 
be referred to the proper Committees, when, the Reports 
being favorable, and the Committee on Charters and Dis- 
pensations reporting and recommending that a Charter 
be issued, and the Supreme Lodge concurring therein, the 
Charter shall then be issued, but not otherwise. 



ARTICLE XXL 

DEPUTY SUPREME CHANCELLOR. — HONORS. 

590. 

Any Knight to whom a commission as Deputy Supreme 
Chancellor shall be issued, in any State, Country, Territory 
or Island, where the Order is not already established, or 
if so, where no Grand Lodge exists, shall be entitled to, 
and receive the Rank of Past Chancellor; and if in a ter- 
ritory where the Order exist, and a Grand Lodge is insti- 
tuted while he is in charge thereof, he shall be entitled 
to, and receive at the hands of this Supreme Lodge, the 
Rank and Grade of Past Grand Chancellor therefor, (a) 
Except as above, or as otherwise provided in this constitu- 
tion, the grade or Rank of Past Grand Chancellor shall 
not be conferred upon any Past Chancellor who has not 
served as Grand Chancellor; Provided, that German District 
Deputy Grand Chancellors, whose jurisdiction is co-exten- 
sive with their State, who have been elected or appointed 
by the Grand Lodge, and who serve for three successive 
years, shall be entitled to the Rank of Past Grand Chan- 
cellor. 

ARTICLE XXII. 

DEPUTY SUPREME CHANCELLORS. 

591. 

All Past Grand or Past Chancellors of full Rank regu- 
larly authorized and commissioned by the Supreme Chan- 
cellor to institute Grand Lodges, or to travel under his 
instructions to exemplif} r the Work, shall be known, com- 
missioned and styled Deputy Supreme Chancellors. 



(a) The following portion of this article was added bv the amend- 
ment of 1876. 

1875, Journal, 1170. 

1876, Journal 1327, 1331. 

10 



128 CONSTITUTION. 

ARTICLE XXIII. 

EXPENSES OF INSTITUTING. 

592. 

The necessary expenses incident to traveling to any point 
and back to original starting point, for the purpose of in- 
stituting any Subordinate or Grand Lodge, by the Supreme 
Chancellor or his Deputy, shall be paid by the Lodges 
instituted. 

ARTICLE XXIV. 

RANK CREDENTIALS. 

593. 

All Knights having Past Rank, removing from one Ju- 
risdiction to another, and desiring to affiliate on a With- 
drawal Card, must also present a Rank Credential to en- 
title him to the same. 

ARTICLE XXV. 

BALLOT — BLACK BALLS. 

594. 

Grand Lodges may legislate in their local law to pre- 
scribe that one black ball may reject, in cases of applica- 
tion for membership, but shall not increase the same to 
more than as prescribed in the Supreme Maximum of tivo. 

ARTICLE XXVI. 

SEALS. 

595. 

All Grand and Subordinate Lodges shall have an appro- 
priate Seal bearing proper devices thereon, name, number 
and location of the Lodge, with the date of its institution 
thereon, a good copy or impression of which shall be de- 
posited with the Supreme Keeper of Records and Seal. 

ARTICLE XXVII. 

COMPILED PROCEEDINGS. 

596. 

It shall be obligatory on all Grand and Subordinate 
Lodges of this Order, to have a full volume of Supreme 
Lodge proceedings and Laws as issued, on hand for ready 
reference on law or usage points; and hereafter for any and 
all new Subordinate Lodges, one full copy or set of Supreme 
Lodge Proceedings shall constitute an indispensable part 
of their supplies to be sent out and paid for. All "sets" 
of Work, etc., as herein enumerated, shall constitute the 
legal number to be issued by any and all Grand Lodges 
or Officers, which shall neither be added to or taken from 



CONSTITUTION. 129 

by them, and all Work delivered to Grand and Subordinate 
Lodges or Officers ordering the same, must be paid for on 
date of delivery, free of expense to the Supreme Lodge. 

ARTICLE XXVIIL ( a ) 

ELECTIONS — SUPREME LODGE. 

597. 

The Supreme Lodge Officers shall be elected bi-annually 
by ballot. A majority of all the votes present shall be 
necessary to constitute a choice. In case of a tie, the bal- 
loting shall continue until a choice is made; the name of 
the Brother receiving the lowest number of votes at each 
balloting shall be withdrawn. Any Officer who may be 
absent at the time of installation, unless excused by the 
Supreme Lodge, or by sickness, his office shall be declared 
vacant, and another and immediate election held to fill 
the vacancy But if the absent Officer elect has been ex- 
cused, or is ill, then the Supreme Chancellor may be em- 
powered to install during recess, at his convenience. 

ARTICLE XXIX. <*» 

TRAVELING SHIELDS. 

598. 

Traveling Shields, for the use of Brethren, can only be 
used or recognized when procured from the Supreme Lodge, 
and are of the prescribed and legal form, as adopted, and 
under its restrictions as made for general or special use, by 
Grand Lodges, and from them issued to the Subordinate 
Lodges for issuance to members, except it be where no Grand 
Lodge is in existence, or recognized by this Supreme Lodge, 
and in such cases from the Deputy Supreme Chancellor in 
charge of said State or Territory. 

(a) Original Supreme Lodge Constitution : 

ARTICLE X. 

ELECTION OF SUPREME LODGE OFFICERS. 

Section 1. The Supreme Lodge Officers shall be elected bi-an- 
nually; the first election after the adoption of this Constitution 
occurring on the second Tuesday in March, A. D. 1870. 

Sec. 2. The Supreme Lodge Officers shall be elected by ballot. 
A majority of all the votes present shall be necessary to constitute 
a choice. In case of a tie, the balloting shall continue until a choice 
is made; the name of the brother receiving the lowest number of 
votes at each balloting shall be withdrawn. 

(b) Original Supreme Lodge Constitution : 

ARTICLE XV. (i) 
No visiting cards shall be used in the Order. 

(1) ARTICLE XVII of Grand Lodge Constitution ^yas exactly the same as this. 



130 CONSTITUTION. 

ARTICLE XXX. 

UNIFORM AND REGALIA. 
599. 

All Supreme, Grand or Subordinate Lodge Officers appear- 
ing in the prescribed uniform of the Order indicative of 
their rank, and wearing the proper and prescribed official 
Jewel on their left breast ; or, 

600. 

All Past Supreme, Grand or Subordinate Lodge Officers 
appearing appareled in a like manner, wearing the proper 
and prescribed Past Official Jewel on their left breast; or, 

601. 

Any and all Knights appearing and appareled in a like 
manner, with the Knight's Jewel on his left breast, shall be 
considered in full and complete regalia for all Lodge Con- 
ventions, meetings or session purposes, being entitled to ad- 
mission to, and seat within any Lodge of the Order (if other- 
wise qualified and entitled to admission) wherever existing. 
But in the absence of the uniform, the Jewel alone shall not 
be considered sufficient regalia, except for officers of Subor- 
dinate Lodges in their Conventions and at their stations ; 
and the following shall be the Regalia, when used, of the 
several Bodies as below, to-wit : 

(a) The Regalia of the Supreme Lodge shall be as 
follows : 

602. 

For Past Supreme Chancellor — A purple collar, skirted 
with scarlet and white, the scarlet to be inside ; to be 
trimmed with helmet, globe and tassels, lace and fringe of 
gilt bullion. Jewel, of white and yellow metals, to be worn 
pendant thereto, with the words Past Supreme Chancellor, 
enameled or engraved on the border. 

(a) Original Supreme Lodge Constitution : 

ARTICLE XII.— Regalia. 

The Regalia of the Supreme Lodge shall he as follows: 

For Founder and Past Supreme Chancellor, a purple collar, skirted 
with scarlet and white; the scarlet to be inside, to be trimmed with 
helmet, globe and tassels, lace, and fringe of gilt bullion. Jewel — 
Knight's mark or coat of arms, with the words, "Founder of the 
Order K. of P." engraved on the border. 

For Past Supreme Chancellors — The same collar and Jewel, but upon 
the latter " Past Supreme Chancellor/' on the circle or oval surround- 
ing the helmet, instead of " Founder," etc. 

For Supreme Venerable Patriarch — White collar, skirted with 
scarlet, trimmed with gilt lace and bullion fringe and tassels. On 
the right breast of the collar shall be embroidered in gilt bullion, a 
visored helmet, with axe and lance crossed, illustrative of the name 



CONSTITUTION, 131 

603. 

For Supreme Chancellor and Supreme Vice Chancellor — 
Collars of purple, skirted with scarlet, of the same form, 
style and trimming (including helmet and globe) as the 
sitting Past Supreme Chancellor. Jewels to be of yellow 
and white metals, as provided and adopted, of the same 
device in emblems, unless otherwise specifically stated, as 
those worn by the corresponding officers of Grand and 
Subordinate Lodges, and to be worn suspended from the 
collar, in the same manner as above stated, or used in 
prescribed manner for them. 

604. 

For remaining Supreme Officers — Same as specified for 
Supreme Chancellor. 

605. 

For Supreme Prelate — White collar, skirted with scarlet, 
trimmed with gilt lace and bullion fringe and tassels. On 
the right breast of the collar shall be embroidered in gilt 
bullion a visored helmet, with axe and lance crossed, illus- 
trative of the name and general character of the Order. 
On the left breast shall be embroidered in gilt bullion a 
globe, emblematical of universal fraternity, and the supreme 
authority of this Lodge. The Jewel, of white and yellow 
metals, shall be as prescribed and adopted, to be worn sus- 
pended from the collar where the ends are united, or sus- 
pended on the left breast in open sight if in uniform and 
detached from Regalia. 

606. 

For Supreme Representatives — The same as P.G.C's, with 
" S.R." upon the right-hand side of collar, in gilt bullion, 
with Jewel pendant, or as otherwise prescribed for members 
in uniform. 

and general character of the Order. On the left breast shall be 
embroidered in gilt bullion a globe, emblematical of universal fra- 
ternity, and the supreme authority of this Lodge. The Jewel shall be 
an open Bible of yellow metal, and to be worn suspended from the 
collar where the ends are united. 

For Supreme Chancellor and remaining officers, shall wear collars 
of purple, skirted with scarlet, of the same form, style and trimming 
(including helmet and globe) as the Supreme Venerable Patriarch. 
Jewels to be of yellow metal, of the same device as those worn by the 
corresponding officers of Grand and Subordinate Lodges, and to be 
worn suspended from the collar, in the same manner as above stated. 

For P.G.C's., black collar, trimmed with gilt lace, and fringe. 

For Supreme Representatives, the same, with "S.R." upon the 
collar, in gilt bullion. 

No member shall be allowed to enter the Supreme Lodge when in 
session, unless clothed in the established Regalia of his rank. 

1868, Journal, 19, 20, 39. 



132 CONSTITUTION. 

607. 

No Past Officer, Representative, or member, shall _ be 
allowed to enter the Supreme Lodge when in session, 
unless properly uniformed and jeweled, or clothed in the 
established regalia of his Rank, according to these prescrip- 
tions, with Jewel appended thereto ; Provided, Any Past 
Chancellor, officer, or member presenting himself at the 
door of any Lodge of the Order properly uniformed, as 
prescribed by the Supreme Lodge law, with the Past 
Official, Official, or Knight's Jewel on his left breast, in 
open sight, shall be recognized as in proper regalia, and be 
entitled to admittance, if otherwise qualified. 

(a) The working Regalia of Grand Lodges shall be as 
follows, to wit : 

608. 

P. G. Chancellors — Black velvet collar, trimmed with gold 
lace and fringe, and P.G.C. embroidered in gold on left side, 
with the approved and adopted Jewel pendant. 

609. 

Past Chancellors — Red velvet collar, trimmed with gold 
fringe, and adopted and approved Jewel pendant. 

(a) Original Grand Lodge Constitution : 

AKTICLE VIII.— Regalia. (*) 

The working regalia shall be as follows : 

V.G.P. — Black velvet collar, trimmed with gold fringe, and open Bible in 
gold on left side. 

P.G. Chancellors — Black velvet collar trimmed with gold fringe, with 
P.G.C. embroidered in gold on left side. 

P. Chancellors — Red velvet collar, trimmed with gold fringe. 

Representatives — Same as Past Chancellors, rosette with number of Lodge 
on left side. Said rosette to be furnished by the Subordinate Lodge represented. 

Officers — Same as Past Chancellors, with the insignia of office embroidered 
in gold on left side. 

(1) This Article until 1871 had another section which was at that time repealed ; the 
section being as follows : 

" Sec. 2. The established outside regalia, if used, shall be as follows : 

For G C— An apron made of the best silk velvet, with lappel, and upon lappel letters 
K.P., crossed lances and helmet, with letter F.C.B. arched over it, and letters P.C on 
either side of the apron— the whole apron to be fringed with silver one and a half inches 
in length, and all letters and emblems to be embroidered in silver. In addition, a black 
rosette of ribbon work upon the lappel of the coat, on the rosette crossed gavels in white 
metal, moveable. On the outer edge of the apron, adjoining the fringe, will be placed a 
red velvet border, adjoining that a border of gold, then a border of blue velvet. 

For V.G.O— Same as G.C, except on rosette but one gavel. 

For V.G.P. — Same as G.C., on rosette open Bible. 

For G.R S —Same as G.C., on rosette crossed pens. 

For G.B.--Sameas G.C, on rosette crossed keys. 

For G.G.— Same as G.C, on rosette staffs crossed. 

For G.I.S.— Same as G.C, on rosette crossed swords. 

For G O S. — Same as G.C, on rosette one sword. 

For Representative.— Same as G.C, on rosette letter R. 

For P.C— Same as G.C, no rosette. 

For Deputy Grand Chancellor, the working regalia shall be a red velvet collar trimmed 
with gold fringe, and the letter D.G.C embroidered thereon in gold. The apron regalia 
of the D.G.C shall be the same as a Past Chancellor's regalia. He shall also wear a rosette 
with D.G.C upon it.'* 

1871, Journal, 362, 384, 412. 



CONSTITUTION. 133 

610. 

Representatives — Same as Past Chancellors, rosette with 
number of Lodge on left side, and approved and adopted 
Jewel pendant. Said rosette to be furnished by the Subordi- 
nate Lodge represented. > 

611. 

Officers — Same as Past Chancellors, with the prescribed 
insignia of office of their Rank, adopted and approved Jewel 
pendant; Provided, Any officer, Representative, or Past 
Chancellor, presenting himself properly uniformed, as pre- 
scribed by the Supreme Lodge Law, with the Past Official 
or Official Jewel on his left breast, in open sight, shall be 
recognized as in proper regalia, and be entitled to admit- 
tance, if otherwise qualified. 

612. 

(a) The working Regalia of Subordinate Lodges shall be 
as follows, to-wit : 

For Pages a blue collar ; for Esquires, a yellow collar ; for 
Knights, a red collar. Officers' Regalia — For C.C., a collar 
of scarlet velvet, with silver fringe 1J inches long, and 
silver lace border on inner edge half inch wide, with Jewel 
pendant : for V.C., the same as the C.C., with Jewel pendant ; 
for Prelate, a black velvet collar, trimmed same as C.C. and 

(a) Original Subordinate Lodge Constitution : 

ARTICLE XL— Regalia. U) 

The working regalia shall be as follows: For Pages, a blue collar; for 
Esquires, a yellow collar ; for Knights, a red collar ; for Prelate, a black 
velvet collar, with silver fringe 1| inches long, and silver lace border on inner 
edge half inch wide, and an open bible embroidered in silver on the left side ; 
for C.C. a collar of scarlet velvet, trimmed in same manner as the Prelate's, with 
crossed gavels on left side ; for V.C. the same as the C.C.'s., with single gavel; 
for K. of R. and S. the same as the V.G.'s with crossed pens, omitting the 
fringe; for M. of F. the same as the K. of R. and S. with pen and key 
crossed ; for M of E. the same as the M. of F.'s., with crossed keys ; for M. 
at A. the same as the M. of E. with crossed staffs ; for I.G. the same as the 
M. at A., with crossed swords; for O.G. the same as the I.G. with single 
sword; for P.C. the same as ilie C.C.'s., ivith gold fringe and without the 



(1) This Article until 1872, had another section which was Sec. 1, and was repealed 
at that time. This Section read as follows: 

Sec. 1. The regalia for Subordinate Lodges, if used, shall be as follows : 

For Pages, a black and white apron, made of the best merino, fifteen inches in length 
in middle, and sixteen inches in width ; lappel to he six inches and a half in length from 
top to end of point, with the letters K.P. embroidered on it in silver; on apron crossed 
lances embroidered in silver, with the letter " F." embroidered in blue, silver fringe 
around the apron one and a half inches in length; lining to be black muslin, strings 
black, lances to be live inches in length. 

For Esquires the same as Page, with an additional letter "C." embroidered in gold. 

For Knights, the same as Esquire, with an addition letter " B " embroidered in ted. 

For officers, the same as Knights, with a rosette ot black and white ribbon, white on 
outer edge, also the insignia of office in centre of rosette, made out of white metal and 
movable. The rosette to be worn on lappel of coat on left side. The Y.P., U.S. and B. 
of Lodge wear the P.C. apron, with rosette, as above. 



134 CONSTITUTION. 

and V.C., with Jewel pendant; for M. of E., the same as the 
V.C., omitting the fringe, with Jewel pendant ; for M. of F., 
the same as the M. of E., with Jewel pendant ; for K. of R. 
and S., the same as the M. of F., with Jewel pendant ; for 
M. at A., the same as the K. of R. and S., with Jewel pen- 
dant; for I. G., the same as the M. at A., with Jewel pen- 
dant; for O. G., the same as the I. G., with Jewel pendant; 
for P.O., the same as the C. C, with gold fringe, with Jewel 
pendant ; or, in other words, plain collars, the same as the 
above in every particular, except the embroidered emblems as 
heretofore used, and in their place the adopted metal jewels 
hanging pendant thereto; Provided; that any and all Lodges 
of this Order, wherever hereafter started, on and after July 
1, 1874, shall procure and use only the plain Regalia and 
prescribed metal Jewels (if desiring both) or Jewels alone ; 
that any and all Lodges now having and using the Regalia 
with the "embroidered emblems" on them, may do so until 
worn out, but when replacing them, either in part or whole, 
shall conform strictly to the provisions as herein expressed 
and above set forth ; conditioned that no part of this pro- 
vision shall be so construed by any authority to prevent 
Lodge Officers, when working, using the Jewels alone, with- 
out any Regalia, or any Lodge now having and using the 
style of Regalia with embroidered emblems thereon, from 
using the metal Jewel in connection therewith ; Provided, 
any Past Chancellor, officer, or member, presenting himself 
properly uniformed, as prescribed by the Supreme Lodge 
Law, with the Past Official, Official, or Knight's Jewel on 
his left breast, in open sight, shall be recognized in proper 
Regalia, and be entitled to admittance, if otherwise quali- 
fied; (a) Provided, however, any Past Supreme Officer, 
Supreme Officer, Supreme Representative, Past Supreme 
Representative, Past Grand Officer, Grand Officer, Past 
Chancellor and Subordinate Lodge Officer, and Knight 
wearing the Jewel of his Rank on the left lappel of the 
coat in a Lodge, shall be considered in full regalia. 



ARTICLE XXXI. 

SUSPENSION OF LODGES. 

613. 

The Supreme and each Grand Lodge may provide for and 
order the revocation of any or all Dispensations or Charters 
and suspension of Subordinate Lodges under their Jurisdic- 
diction for violations of this Constitution, Supreme Lodge 
orders, enactments, legislation or decisions, or their Grand 

(a) This proviso was added by the amendment of 1S76. 

1875, Journal, 1170. 

1876, Journal, 1328, 1331. 



CONSTITUTION. 135 

Lodge constitutional provisions, local laws, or Grand Chan- 
cellor's official mandates during recess. 



ARTICLE XXXII. ( a ) 

TERMS. 

614. 

A term of the Supreme Lodge shall be two years, and the 
term of Subordinate Lodges, working immediately under 
the control of the Supreme Lodge shall be six months, and 
the terms of Grand Lodges shall be one year, and that the 
terms of Subordinate Lodges, working under the control of 
Grand Lodges shall be remitted to the several Grand Juris- 
dictions; Provided, that no term of a Subordinate Lodge 
shall be less than six months. 



ARTICLE XXXIII. 0» 

AMENDMENTS. 

615. 

No alteration or amendment to the Constitution of the 
Supreme Lodge shall be made unless presented at a Regular 
Session, and adopted by a two-thirds vote, at the next suc- 
ceeding Regular Session ; Provided, that no change shall be 
made in the Written or Unwritten Work unless the same 
la}^ over from one Session to another, nor then, unless four- 
fifths of the Representatives concur therein. 

(a) This Article inserted entire by the amendment of 1876. See 
note, Article XXXIII. 

1875, Journal, 1171. 

1876, Journal, 1328, 1331. 

(b) This, in the Constitution of 1874, was numbered XXXII, but 
was changed in 1876. 

1875, Journal, 1171. 

1876, Journal, 1328, 1331. 

The original in Supreme Lodge Constitution was, as follows : 
ARTICLE XIII.— Amendments. (1) 

No alteration or amendment to the Constitution of the Supreme, 
Grand or Subordinate Lodges shall be made, unless presented in 
writing, specifying the article, section and line intended to be amended, 
at an Annual" Session, and adopted by a two-third vote at the next 
succeeding regular session. 

(l) This Article originally, had not the words " at the next succeeding regular session " 

at the end ; nor the words " in writing, specifying the article, section and line intended to 
he amended," the former having been added in 1872, and the latter in 1^7:'.. 

1872, Journal, 592, 59G, G23, 642. 

1S73, Journal, 751. 



136 



BY-LAWS. 

1874, Journal, 946, 947, 966, 967. 

616. 

All printed or other materials furnished by the Supreme 
Lodge to any Grand or Subordinate Lodge, members thereof, 
or other parties, for creating a revenue for the Supreme 
Lodge, shall be known under the general heading of "Sup- 
plies," which said supplies shall be furnished as may be 
from time to time specified, changed, altered or amended 
by legislation at the Regular Sessions, but which for the 
time being shall be as follows, to-wit : 



617. Supplies to Grand Lodges. 

Dispensation Fee to Grand Lodges $30 00 

Charter Fee... 20 00 

Charter Plates for Subordinates 2 00 

Grand Lodge Rituals, $5 each, per set of 5 25 00 

Rituals for Subordinate Lodges, each 2 00 

Installation Books for Subordinate Lodges, each 40 

Odes for Subordinate Lodges, each 5 

Odes for Grand Lodges, each 10 

Bound Journals of Proceedings of Supreme Lodge, in 

paper 1 00 

Compiled Proceedings of Supreme Lodge, in leather, 5 00 

Odes of the Order, set to Music, per book 20 

Dedication Ceremonies, per book, $1 each, per set 5 00 

Traveling Shields 20 

Withdrawal Cards 25 



618. Supplies to Subordinate Lodges under the immediate Ju- 
risdiction of the Supreme Lodge. 

Dispensation Fee §15 00 

Rituals, per set of 5 20 00 

Installation, per set of 5 3 00 

Odes, 10 cents each, per set of 50 5 00 

Bound Journals of Supreme Lodge Proceedings, in 

paper.... 1 00 

Compiled Proceedings, in leather • 5 00 

Odes of the Order, set to Music, 40 cents per book ; 

per set of 5 2 00 

Traveling Shields 40 

Withdrawal Cards 50 



BY-LAWS. 137 

OFFICIAL JEWELS FOR SUPREME, GRAND, AND SUBORDI- 
NATE LODGES, PAST OFFICERS AND KNIGHTS. 

1873, Journal, 701, 702. 

1874, Journal, 973-979. 

1875, Journal, 1026, 1135. 

[The illustrations on pages 138 and 139 are for Subordinate Lodge ; page 140, Past Grand 
Chancellor, Past Chancellor and Knight, and are nearly half size of the Jewels.] 

619. Grand Lodge Jewels. 

No. 1. Set of 11 Jewels, including two for Supreme 

Representatives $40 00 

Triangle, German silver, heavily plated with silver. 
Oval of Oreide, heavily gilt, and neatly engraved. 

No. 2. Set of 11 Jewels . 55 00 

Triangle and Emblems coin silver, solid. Shield 
and Oval of Oreide, very heavily gilt. More 
elaborate engraving and chased. 

620. Subordinate Lodge Jewels 

No. 3. Set of 14 Jewels, including four for attendants 18 00 
Triangle and White Emblems, of German silver, 
well silver-plated, neatly engraved, and burnished 
on front. Colored Emblems, of gilt. 

No. 4. Set of 14 Jewels . # 25 00 

Triangle and White Emblems, of German silver, 
triple plated, burnished both sides, more elaborate 
engraving. Colored Emblems, solid, heavily gilt 
and chased. 

No. 5. Set of 14 Jewels _ 45 00 

Triangle and White Emblems, of coin silver, burn- 
ished both sides, very elaborate engraving. Col- 
ored Emblems, solid, very heavily gilt and chased. 

621. Past Chancellor's Jewels— Separate from Sets. 

No. 6. Same quality as No. 3. Price $1 80 each. 

" 7. " " " 4. " 2 80 " 

" 8. " " " 5. " 5 00 " 

622. Past Grand Chancellors' and District Deputy G. C.'s Jewels. 
No. 9. Same quality as No. 1. Price $4 50 each. 

" 10. " " " 2. " 5 50 u 

623. Knight's Jewels. 

No. 11. Same quality as No. 3. Price $2 20 each. 

" 12. " " " 4. " 3 25 " 

" 13. " " " 5. " 5 00 " 

If ten or more Knights' Jewels are ordered at one time, 
ten per cent, will be deducted from above prices. 

624. 

All Jewels will have a neat Pin, from which the Jewel 
will be pendant. 



138 




C. C. 





V. c. 



Prelate. 





M. of E. 



M. of F. 



139 





K. of R. and S. 



M. at A. 





I. G. 



0. G. 




Attendant. 



140 






BY-LAWS. 141 



MEMORIAL CHARTS. 



1874, Journal, 904, 979-983, 989. 

1875, Journal, J023, 1126. 

625. Form A— Knight's Chart. 

Black and tinted border, lettering in centre, blue, $1 50 each. 

In lots of 100 or more 80 " 

75 85 " 

" 50 90 " 

" 25 95 " 

" 10 1 00 " 

Less than 10 at one order, at retail price. 

626. Form B— Past Chancellor's Chart. 

Black and tinted border, lettering in centre, green, $1 75 each. 

In lots of 50 or more 90 " 

25 '. 95 " 

" 10 100 " 

5 110 " 

Less than 5 at one order, at retail price. 

627. Form C— Past Grand Chancellor's Chart. 

Black and tinted border, lettering in centre, reel, $2 00 each. 

In lots of 20 or more 1 00 u 

10 110 " 

" 5 125 u 

Less than 5 at one order, at retail price. 



OFFICIAL RECEIPT. 
627a. Resolutions establishing. 

Resolved, That the Supreme Chancellor and the Supreme 
Keeper of Records and Seal be, and hereby are, authorized 
to issue receipts which shall be furnished to all Grand and 
Subordinate Lodges at $2.00 per 100; and that no receipt 
shall be authoritative or evidence of payment of dues, assess- 
ments or other claims of the Lodge, unless written upon 
such receipt, and bearing the seal of the Supreme Lodge. 

Resolved, That the receipt above mentioned, go into effect 
on and after July 1st, 1875. 

1875, Journal, 1165. 



142 RULES OF ORDER. 

RULES OF ORDER. 

1874, Journal, 990. 

1875, Journal, 1095, 1098, 1108-1111. 
628. 

1. The presiding officer having taken the chair, the 
officers and members shall take their respective seats, and 
at the sound of the gavel there shall be a general silence. 

629. 

2. At the appointed hour the Supreme Chancellor shall 
organize the meeting, by directing the Supreme Keeper of 
Records and Seal to call the names of the Officers of this 
Supreme Lodge. After which he shall make report of 
the number of Grand Lodges from which Representatives 
are present; when, if a quorum be present, the Supreme 
Chancellor shall call on the Supreme Prelate to address 
the Supreme Ruler of the Universe in prayer. The Su- 
preme Vice Chancellor and the Supreme Master-at-Arms 
shall then examine the Representatives present, and report 
to the Supreme Chancellor, and, if correct, the Supreme 
Chancellor shall direct the members to clothe themselves 
with their regalia and take their seats, after which the 
Supreme Vice Chancellor, at the request of the Supreme 
Chancellor, shall proclaim the Lodge duly opened. 

630. 

3. The business shall be taken up in the following order: 
The Supreme Lodge shall be opened in due form. 

631. 

4. The Supreme Keeper of Records and Seal will report 
on the certificates of Representatives, which shall be re- 
ferred to the proper committee. 

632. 

5. The Supreme Chancellor shall appoint a Committee 
on Credentials and Returns, and a Committee on Allot- 
ment of Seats — each committee to consist of five* members. 
Both of said committees shall report without delay, and 
said reports shall be acted upon and disposed of before any 
other business is transacted. 

633. 

6. On the adoption of . the report of the Committee on 
Credentials and Returns, recommending the admission of 
the Past Grand Chancellors and Representatives, they shall 
be admitted in form. 

*1876, Journal, 1325, 1329, 1332. 



RULES OF ORDER. 143 

634. 

• 7, The minutes of the last annual and intervening 
meetings shall be read and passed upon. 

635. 

8. The report of the Supreme Chancellor as to his acts 
and doings during the recess of the Supreme Lodge, shall 
be presented. 

636. 

9. The annual reports of the Supreme Keeper of Records 
and Seal, and Supreme Master of Exchequer, shall be pre- 
sented. 

637. 

10. The Supreme Chancellor shall then appoint the 
following committees, each to consist of five* members, viz : 

Committee on Law and Supervision. 

Committee on Finance. 

Committee on Appeals and Grievances. 

Committee on Mileage. 

Committee on State of the Order. 

Committee on Written Work. 

Committee on Unwritten Work. 

Committee on Printing. 

Committee on Dispensations and Charters. 

638. 

11. The Jurisdictions shall be called in their order of 
seniority, when any legitimate business may be presented. 

639. 

12. Petitions shall be presented, read and referred. 

640. 

13. Reports of Standing Committees to be called by the 
Supreme Chancellor in the order of their appointment. 

641. 

14. Reports of Special Committees. 

642. 

15. Miscellaneous Business. 

*1876, Journal, 1325, 1329, 1332. 
11 



144 RULES OF ORDER. 

643. 

16. The above order of business may be transposed or 
dispensed with, at the discretion of the Supreme Lodge. 
When the business of the session is concluded, the Su- 
preme Prelate shall offer a prayer, and the Supreme Vice 
Chancellor shall proclaim the Supreme Lodge duly closed. 

644. 

17. Voting for officers shall be by ballot. All other vo- 
ting shall be viva voce, or by yeas and nays> as the Su- 
preme Lodge may determine. 



645. 

18. On the call of two Jurisdictions, the yeas and nays 
shall be taken on any question, and when taken shall be 
entered on the journal. 

646. 

19. No motion shall be subject to debate until it has 
T)een seconded and stated by the chair. It shall be reduced 
to writing at the request of any member. 

647. 

20. When a question is before the Supreme Lodge, no 
motion shall be received, unless it be to adjourn, the pre- 
vious question, to lie on the table, to refer, to postpone 
indefinitely, to postpone to a certain time, to recommit, or 
to amend; and the motions just enumerated shall take 
precedence in the order of enumeration. The first three 
shall be decided without debate. 



648. 

21. When a subject has been indefinitely postponed, it 
cannot again, during the same session, be taken up and 
considered; nor can a subject which the Supreme Lodge 
has refused to reconsider, be taken up at that session. 

649. 

22. On a call of representatives of three Grand Juris- 
dictions, a majority of the Supreme Lodge may demand 
that the previous question shall be put, which shall al- 
ways be in this form: "Shall the main question be now put?" 
and, until it is decided, no further debate shall take place, 
and the vote shall be taken, first, on any amendments that 
may be pending, and next on the final question. 



RULES OF ORDER. 145 

650. 

23. When the reading of any paper or other matter is 
called for, and the same is objected to by any member, it 
shall be determined by vote of the Supreme Lodge with- 
out debate. 

651. 

24. Before putting a question, the presiding officer shall 
ask, "Is the Supreme Lodge ready for the question ?" If no 
member rise to speak, and a majority of the Supreme Lodge 
are ready for the question, he shall rise and put it. While 
the presiding officer is putting a question, or addressing the 
Supreme Lodge, none shall walk out of or across the room, 
nor entertain private discourse; and after he shall have 
risen to put it, no member shall speak upon it. 

652. 

25. The presiding officer, or any other member doubting 
the decision of a question, may call for a division of the 
Supreme Lodge; but a division cannot be called for after 
the Chair has announced the result of a vote. 

653. 

26. No member shall be permitted to speak or vote unless 
clothed in regalia according to his rank and station, and 
occupying his seat at the place designated for him. 

654. 

27. During the progress of a ballot for an officer, no 
motion can be entertained, or debate or explanation per- 
mitted. 

655. 

28. Every officer and member shall be designated by his 
proper title or office according in the Order. 

656. 

29. Every member, when he speaks or offers a motion, 
shall rise and respectfully address and be recognized by the 
presiding officer; and while speaking he shall confine 
himself to the question in debate, avoiding all personalities 
and indecorous language, as well as all reflections upon the 
the Supreme Lodge or any of its members. 

£57. 

30. Should two or more members rise to speak at the 
same time, the Chair shall decide which is entitled to the 
floor; and no member shall interrupt or disturb another 
while speaking, unless to call him to order for words spoken. 



146 RULES OF ORDER. 

658. 

31. If a member, while speaking, shall be called to order, 
he shall, at the request of the Chair, take his seat until the 
question of order is determined, when he may proceed again. 

659. 

32. The decisions of the Chair on points of order, may be 
appealed from by any member, which point of order shall 
be reduced to writing ; and in such cases the question shall 
be, "Shall the decision of the Cliair stand as the judgment of the 
Supreme Lodge V 

660. 

33. No member shall speak more than once on the same 
question, until all the members wishing to speak have had 
an opportunity to do so ; and no one shall speak more than 
ten minutes on any question, unless by permission of the 
Supreme Lodge. 

661. 

34. When a petition, memorial, or communication is 
presented, a brief statement of its contents shall be made by 
the introducer or the Chair; and, after it has been read, a 
brief notice of its purport shall be entered upon the journal. 

662. 

35. When a blank is to be filled, the question shall be 
taken first upon the highest sum or number, and the longest 
or latest time proposed. 

663. 

36. Any member may call for a division of a question, 
when the sense will admit. 

664. 

37. After any question, except one of indefinite post- 
ponement, or one which the Supreme Lodge has refused to 
reconsider, has been decided, any two members who voted 
in the majority, may, at the same or next session, move for 
a reconsideration thereof; but no discussion of the main 
question shall be allowed until reconsidered. 

665. 

38. No matter shall be considered at any morning ses- 
sion of the Supreme Lodge, until all the committees shall 
have had an opportunity of presenting reports. 



EULES OF ORDEE. 147 

666. 

39. A committee appointed at one session to perform a 
duty, are bound to report, although some of the members 
of the committee have ceased to be members of this body. 

667. 

40. Any member has a right to protest, and to have an 
epitome of his protest spread upon the journal, if in re- 
spectful language. 

668. 

41. Every member is bound to vote, serve on committees, 
and accept nominations, unless excused by vote. 

669. 

42. No member shall be allowed to cast his vote after 
a ballot has been announced. 



670. 

43. No more than two amendments to a proposition 
shall be entertained at the same time; that is, an amend- 
ment, and an amendment to an amendment, and the ques- 
tion shall be first taken on the latter. 

671. 

44. Any proposition offered for reference to any Stand- 
ing or Special Committee of this body, which shall require 
an entry in full upon the journal, shall be submitted in 
duplicate, either in print or in manuscript; and if in 
writing, they shall be on paper not less in size than half 
a page of foolscap. All resolutions and legislative meas- 
ures belonging to or within the purview of any standing 
or special committee of this body, shall be referred in the 
regular order to said committees, before reported on and 
submitted by them for action thereon, by the Supreme 
Lodge. 

672. 

45. The Supreme Chancellor shall appoint a Standing 
Committee on Rules, to whom shall be referred all amend- 
ments thereto, and all questions of order not otherwise 
disposed of. 

673. 

46. The election of officers shall take place on such day 
of the session as the Supreme Lodge may determine. 



148 RULES OP ORDER. 

674. 

47. The installation of officers shall be after the busi- 
ness of the session, at which the election takes place, has 
been completed. 

675. 

48. Cushing's Manual (a) shall be our standard for par- 
liamentary law, in the absence of any rule governing our 
action. 

676. 

49. Proposals to add to, amend or alter these Rules, 
shall be submitted in writing and lay over at least one 
day, when a majority vote shall adopt or reject. 

(a) Original Supreme Lodge Constitution. 

ARTICLE XIV.— Rules of Okder. 

tW " Cushing's Manual " shall govern the parliamentary prac- 
tice of thia Supreme Lodge. 



ANALYTICAL INDEX. 



[ Reference is to the Sections,] 

ACCOUNTS: Sections, 

detailed, to be furnished by S.M. of E. and S.K. of R. & S...513, 514 

ADMISSION: 

of elected candidate, when may be refused 147, 167, 226, 227 

ADVERTISING: 

name of Order not to be used for 248 

AGE: 

requisites of, for membership 551 

ALTERATION: 

of Constitution and Work, how effected , « 615 

ALTERNATES: 

as Representatives, not recognized in Supreme Lodge 396, 416 

AMENDMENTS: 

to Grand Lodge Constitution, by what Body .made 92, 93 

to Supreme Lodge Constitution, how effected 615 

to Rules of Order, how effected 676 

AMPLIFIED RITUAL: 

Lodges may accept or reject as they see fit 193, 338 

books not to be used in conferring 203, 323 

adopted by Supreme Lodge 337 

ANNIVERSARY: 

day of, established 1 

ANTE-ROOM: 

condition of, on opening Lodge 208 

must not be occupied by persons not in possession of P.W 279 

APPEALS : 

certified copies of papers to accompany 2 

by whom taken- 3,4,7,584, 585 

only taken from action of Lodge 5, 7, 584, 585 

papers in cases of, by whom signed « 6, 587 

consent to take, by whom given.. 8, 585, 587 



150 ANALYTICAL INDEX. 

APPEALS — (Continued). Sections. 

when papers in cases of, to be sent to S.K. of R. and S. or Su- 
preme Lodge 9, 587 

when to be transmitted to committee 9 

irregularities, when not ground for 10 

want of evidence, good ground for. 11 

Supreme Lodge, power over 496 

may be taken by officer removed 509 

Committee on Appeals and Grievances, (see Committees) 

to be heard and reported upon by committee 522 

Constitutional provisions regulating, and writs of error 583-588 

Supreme Lodge, court of last resort in cases of 583 

decisions of lower tribunals, conclusive until reversed on 583 

when and how, may be taken to Supreme Lodge from action 

of Subordinate 584 

time within which such appeal to be taken 584 

how taken from action, etc., of Grand Lodge 585, 587 

consent to take, from action of Grand Lodge, when to be 

obtained 585, 587 

when to be entertained by Supreme Lodge... 587 

power of Supreme Lodge to legislate, concerning 588 

APPLICANT: 

effect of dropping name of, from petition for new Lodge 191 

when petition of, cannot be withdrawn 236, 536 

APPROPRIATIONS: 

to be recommended by Finance Committee 521 

expenditures not to be in excess of ~ 521 

in Subordinate Lodge, when to require unanimous consent 545 

ARCHIVES : 

to be in custody of S.K. of R. and S 514 

ARMS : 

particulars of, in uniform , 448 

ARREARS: 

meaning of term, M one year in " 12 

members in, to be notified, and suspension declared „...13, 218 

when member cannot be declared in 14, 54 

member one year in, not under charges, to be suspended... 564 

ASSESSMENTS: 

Grand Lodge cannot levy, on P.C's 123, 295 

compulsory, for Life Insurance, illegal 139 

cannot be added to dues, when 19, 216 

only evidence of payment of- 265, 266, 269 



ANALYTICAL INDEX. 151 

AUTHORITY: Sections 
Supreme Lodge, source of, in the Order 488 

AYES AND NOES : 

as to calling of, in Grand Lodge 15, 160 

BADGE : 

design of, for P.C., Knight, and Supreme Lodge 59, 60 

for Founder of the Order, provided for 71 

BALDEIC : 

particulars of, in Uniform . 444 

BALLOT: 

who to inspect and announce, for membership .....16, 214, 450 

same, for deposit of card as for initiation 17, 228 

when may be renewed upon application for Ranks 172, 320 

what, on application for membership, rejects 237 

how maybe taken, for Supreme Lodge Officers 263b 

how taken, on application for membership .552, 553, 555 

for membership, to what extent Grand Lodge may legislate 

upon 594 

election of Supreme Lodge Officers to be by 597 

during time of, for officer, no explanation, etc., allowed 654 

BANNER : 

description of, design of 18 

BELT: 

particulars of, in uniform 445 

BENEFITS : 

cannot be forfeited for non-payment of fines, etc 19, 216 

what contemplated by terms " funeral" and " weekly." 20, 21, 22 

when member entitled to funeral 23 

requiring advance payment, not to exclude from. .24, 54, 168, 274 

to be paid sick member leaving the country 25, 26 

reinstated member, when entitled to 27 

not payable during Lodge suspension 28 

when payable to suicide 29, 153 

the payment of, a fundamental principle 30 

are matters of right, not charities 31 

regulated by local legislation 32, 156 

payable under By-Law providing for funeral expenses 33 

power of Grand Lodge over subject of 34, 113 

Lodges must pay, sick and funeral 565 

BILLS: 

to be examined by Finance Committee 521 



152 ANALYTICAL INDEX. 

BLACK BALL: Sections. 
Grand Lodge may legislate upon, how far 594 

BLANKS: 

for reporting moneys paid to Supreme Lodge 35-38 

forms of official receipt 267 

BOHEMIAN: 

Ritual authorized, to be translated into 341 

BONDS: 

of S.K. of R. and S., and S.M. of E., in whose custody 506 

conditions and penalty of, of S.K. of R. and S., and S.M. of E. 

513, 514 

BOOK OF DIAGRAMS: 

work in, how changed 470 

prepared by order of Supreme Lodge 472 

BUREAUS: (See Relief Bureaus.) 

BUSINESS : 

of Subordinate Lodge to be transacted in Knight Rank 546 

order of, manner of transacting, etc., in Supreme Lodge....630-675 

BY-LAWS: 

of Grand Lodge, by whom framed, etc 535 

adopted by Supreme Lodge, to fix price of Supplies 573 

adopted by Supreme Lodge, obligatory on all 577 

paragraphs and subdivisions of 616-627 

CANDIDATE: 

elected, when may be refused admission 147, 167, 226, 227 

rejected, when may be received in another Lodge 152, 189, 190 

rejected, when not to be received as applicant for a new Lodge.. 188 

what is not a black-balled, under our Laws 191 

ruling, as to soliciting, to join the Order 238 

application of, for membership and action on 551-557 

CAP: 

when may be worn in Lodge 329, 430 

description of, etc 443 

CARDS: 

power of Supreme Lodge over 490 

CASH: 

to accompany orders, for Supplies 253, 370 

CASTLE HALLS: 

public dedications of, etc 39 

when taxation is allowable for building 419 



ANALYTICAL INDEX. 153 

CEREMONIES: Sections 

Supreme Lodge, power over 489, 490 

CERTIFICATES : 

power of Supreme Lodge over 490 

CHANCELLOR COMMANDER: 

to announce result of ballot 16, 40, 214 

when may communicate S.A.P.W 41, 270 

to have care of Rituals, etc 42, 333 

who eligible to office of 43 

may resign office 44 

flag for, adopted 65, 67 

to declare member in arrears suspended 13, 218 

when may exact S.A.P.W 278 

when re-elected, entitled to Rank of P.C 286 

to have charge of Rituals, where to keep 333 

CHAPLAIN: 

Lodge may appoint, to officiate at Funerals.. 199 

"CHARGE": 

this term applied to the conferring of Knight's Rank 268e 

CHARGES: 

member not subject to, for refusing to take Ranks 45, 321 

when holding Withdrawal Card, no bar to 46 

Grand Lodge may receive and entertain 47, 101, 111, 116 

rules, etc., for trial of, in Grand Lodge 101 

prohibited from being copied 334 

in Ritual, how changed 470 

CHARTER BOOKS: 

opening of, not allowed 48 

CHARTERS: 

blank, furnished by Supreme Lodge 49 

of Grand and Subordinate Lodge, to be in Lodge Room... 109, 178 

regulating forfeiture of, matter of local law 143 

restoration of, matter of local legislation 157, 192 

names to be entered on, matter of local legislation 161, 194 

signing of, regulated by local legislation 163, 205 

conditions imposed on restoration of 195, 196 

when cannot be surendered 19S 

to be issued as of the proper Pythian Period 317, 318 

of Grand Lodges, by whom prepared 514 

list of, to be kept by S.K. of R. & S 514 

Committee on, duties of, (see Committees) 

of Grand Lodge, for what revoked 541, 506-571 



154 ANALYTICAL INDEX. 

CHARTERS— (Continued). Sections. 

of Grand Lodge, by what authority issued 536 

of Subordinate Lodges, by what authority issued 542 

of Grand Lodges, when, how, and for what revoked. ..541, 566-571 
of Grand Lodges, not to be forfeited without notice and a 

hearing, etc 569 

of Subordinate Lodges, when, how, and for what forfeited, etc. 

566-571, 613 
of Subordinate Lodges, not to be forfeited without a hearing, 

after notice 569 

for Grand Lodges, how and when applied for, and action on.. 589 

CHARTS: 

power of Supreme Lodge over 490, 491 

CLOAK: 

particulars of, for uniform 441 

COAT: 

description of, in uniform 439 

COLLAR: 

not to be worn in public 316, 326 

when not to be worn in Lodge, without Jewel 328 

may be worn by Knights, with uniform, in Lodge 427, 428 

COLORED PERSONS: 

Lodge cannot be composed of 204, 242 

COMMITTEES: 

appointed by Supreme Chancellor 632, 637, 672 

duties of 519-530 

number composing, and expenses, when paid 530 

On Allotment of Seats 632 

On Appeals and Grievances — 

to hear and report on all appeals, etc., referred 519, 522 

On Credentials and Returns — 

to examine and report on credentials and returns.,523, 632 
On Dispensations and Charters — 

to examine matters referred to them from reports 529 

to examine and report on petitions for warrants of 

dispensation for new Lodges 529 

to examine and report on other dispensations or D.S.C. 
commissions, issued during recess of the Supreme 

Lodge 529 

to examine and report on petitions, etc., for Grand 
Lodge Charters 589 



ANALYTICAL INDEX. 155 

COMMITTEES — (Continued). Sections. 

On Finance — 

to examine accounts of S.K. of R. & S. and S.M. of E. 521 

to examine and pass on all bills, etc 521 

to make estimates and recommend appropriations 521 

On Law and Supervision— 

to inquire into cases of infraction of laws, etc 520 

to have charge of all matters coming within their 
purview 520 

On Mileage — 

to make out mileage and per diem account of officers 
and members, etc 524 

On Printing — 

to examine all matters within their purview 528 

to make all contracts not otherwise provided for 528 

to analyze bills, price, quality binding, printing, etc... 528 
to establish a standard style for Supplies, etc 528 

On Rules — 

to examine all amendments to Rules of Order, etc 672 

On State of the Order - 

to report on Officers' and Deputies' reports on State 

of the Order 525 

to report on all matters referred to them 525 

to present an exhibit of condition of the Order, etc... 525 

On Unwritten Work— 

to report on private matters in reports, etc., as may be 
referred 527 

On Written Work — 

to examine and report on matters of a public nature. 526 

CONSTITUTION : 

old, repealed 134, 385 

new, articles and sections of 488-615 

for Subordinates, to be adopted by Grand Lodges 210, 538, 543 

obligatory rules to be incorporated therein 543-565 

of Grand Lodge, should not contain Regalia 95, 325 

by whom framed, and principles of 535, 53S 

and amendments thereto, when take effect 538 

adopted by Supreme Lodge, obligatory on all 577 

how altered or amended 615 

CREDENTIALS : 

of Supreme Representatives and P.G.C.'s, when to be sent. 

87, 312, 417 
for Past Rank, should accompany Withdrawal Card... 289, 292, 

305, 461, 593 
Committee on, duties of, (see Committees) 



156 ANALYTICAL INDEX. 

CUSHING'S MANUAL: Sections, 
the standard, for parliamentary law 675 

DANISH: 

Kitual authorized to be translated into 342 

DEDICATIONS : 

public, provided for 39 

DEMANDS: 

only evidence of payment of 265, 266, 269 

DEGREES: 

this title replaced by Ranks 322 

DEPUTY GRAND CHANCELLOR: 

may communicate P.W. to C.C., outside of Lodge Room..280, 471 

may give secret work outside of Lodge Room .., ... 471 

German, when entitled to honors of P.G.C 590 

DEPUTY SUPREME CHANCELLOR: 

commission to 50, 360 

has no authority to charter new Lodge 51 

to report moneys sent Supreme Lodge 35, 38 

to approve or disapprove petitions for new Lodges, when.,185, 186 

how appointed and commissioned 510 

duties of 510, 516 

may institute Grand Lodge and install officers of 510, 535 

also install officers of Subordinate Lodges, when 516 

when entitled to honors of P.C. and when to P.G.C 590 

how title of, acquired 591 

DIAGRAMS: 

work in Book of, how changed 470 

Book of, prepared by Supreme Lodge 472 

DISCIPLINE: 

of the Order, to be uniform 504 

DISPENSATIONS: 

cannot issue, by Deputy S. C. for new Lodge 51 

cannot issue, to initiate for less than legal fees 63, 84 

may issue by Grand Lodge to initiate maimed person 89, 220 

may issue by Grand Chancellor to initiate maimed person, 83, 221 
may issue by Supreme Chancellor to initiate maimed person, 222 

to be issued as of the proper Pythian Period 317, 318 

for new Lodges, when issued by Supreme Chancellor 507, 508 

how long to remain in force 507 

list of, for Charters, etc., to be kept by S. K. of R. and S 514 



ANALYTICAL INDEX. 157 

DISPENSATIONS — (Continued). Sections. 

committee on, duties of. (See committees.) 

as to, for Grand and Subordinate Lodges 536. 542 

may issue to hold Lodge meetings at longer intervals than one 

week 544 

may be granted to confer Ranks for $6, when, etc 551 

when may be revoked, how, etc., 566-571, 613 

DONATIONS: 

of part or whole of the initiation fee, illegal 62 

may be made to relieve distress 72 

DRESS: 

Gala and Inspection 436 

ordinary parade 437 

Fatigue 438 

of the Order, to be uniform 504 

DUES: 

all Knights must pay 52 

when non-payment of, suspends from membership 53, 217 

conditions upon which may be collected in advance, 24, 54, 

168, 274 

when may be charged against suspended members 55, 230 

payment of, by Pages and Esquires 56 

regulation of, a matter of local legislation 56, 57, 156 

when subject to be charged against suspended members 148 

effect of suspension for non-payment of 244 

only evidence of payment of 265, 266, 269 

to be paid on receipt of Traveling Shield 420 

when Supreme Lodge may collect 494 

EMBLEMS: 

not to be used for advertising purposes 58, 250 

for P. C, Knight, and Supreme Lodge 59, 60 

power of Supreme Lodge over 491 

constitutional provisions concerning 602-612 

ESQUIRE: 

rosette and regalia to wear at funerals 75-77, 327 

may receive Knights' Rank in Lodge not his own, when, 171, 319 

when and how entitled to visit Lodge 26Sb 

cannot be invested with S. A. P.W 26Sc 

"prove" applied to conferring this Rank 26Se 

penalties for refusing to proceed in Knights' Rank 45, 321 

regalia of, regulations concerning 612 



158 ANALYTICAL INDEX. 

EXPENSES: Sections. 

detailed statement of, to be furnished 369 

incidental, of S. K. of R. and S. to be paid by Supreme Lodge, 514 

of Supreme Officers and Representatives, when paid 574 

of instituting Grand or Subordinate Lodges, by whom paid.... 592 

FATIGUE DRESS: 

particulars of 438 

FEES : 

to what extent obligatory 61 

how far subject to local legislation 61 

cannot be donated to applicants for membership 62, 231 

for initiation, not to be reduced by dispensation 63, 84 

fixing amount of, for ranks, matter of local legislation 144 

to accompany application for membership 551 

minimum, for initiation, etc., fixed 551 

FINANCE : Committee on, duties of. (See Committees.) 

FINES : 

when Past Chancellor subject to 64, 284 

cannot be added to dues, when 19, 216 

FLAGS: 

designs for, adopted 65-69 

for Prelate 65, 66 

for Chancellor Commander 65, 67 

for Vice Chancellor 65, 68 

for outside use ...65, 69 

FOREIGN COUNTRIES: 

Order may be established in, etc 581 

FORMS : 

Supreme Lodge, power over 489, 490 

FOUNDER, ETC.: 

original title given to 70 

when title changed 70 

regalia and badge of 71 

FRENCH: 

Ritual authorized to be translated into 339 

FUNDS : 

when donations to be made from 72 

upon what vote to be disbursed 73 

may be appropriated to aid the Washington Monument 74 

contingent, of the Supreme Lodge, by whom managed 509 

accounts to be rendered of, by S.M. of E 513 



ANALYTICAL INDEX. 159 

FUNERALS : Sections. 

regalia that may be worn at 75, 327 

rosette to be worn at ,... 76-80 

order of procession at 81 

Ritual of Ceremonies to be used at 82 

Lodge may appoint Chaplain to officiate at 199 

ceremony, how changed 470 

GALA AND INSPECTION DRESS : 

particulars of... 436 

GAUNTLETS: 

particulars of , in uniform 446 

GERMAN: 

Ritual authorized to be translated into 343, 344 

District Deputies, when entitled to honors of P.G.C 590 

GIFT ENTERPRISES: 

penalties for promoting 88, 165, 219, 318 

GLOVES: 

particulars of, in uniform 446 

GOOD STANDING: 

official evidence of 268 

necessary to admit member to Supreme Lodge 308 

Traveling Shield, evidence of 421 

GRAND CHANCELLOR: 

may grant Dispensation to initiate maimed person, when , 83 

cannot grant Dispensation to initiate at less than legal fees..S3, 84 

filling vacancy, entitled to honors 85, 302 

not to control Lodge Rituals 86, 336 

when duties and powers of, devolve upon G.V.C 124, 125, 310 

when cannot be elected at special session of Grand Lodge 125 

may communicate P.W. to C.C., outside of Lodge Room. ..280, 471 

when entitled to Rank of P.G.C 298-300, 301 

not to control question of memorizing Rituals, etc 335, 336 

when may annul card issued by Lodge 469 

may give secret work outside Lodge Room 471 

when may vacate Withdrawal Card 561 

when may issue writ of error 585, 586 

regalia of, regulations concerning odd, 611, 612 

GRAND KEEPER OF RECORDS AND SEAL: 

to report moneys sent to Supreme Lodge ::.". 38 

when to transmit Supreme Representative and Past (-irand 

Chancellor Credentials, etc 87, 312, 417 

to notify Subordinates of approval (irand Lodge Constitution, 373 

regalia of, regulations concerning odd, 611, 612 

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160 ANALYTICAL INDEX. 

GRAND LODGES : Sections 

rosette to be worn by, at funerals 80 

to forfeit charter for promoting raffles, etc 88, 165, 249, 318 

may issue dispensation to admit maimed person 89 

organization and government, of, to what subject 90, 142 

prohibition as to election of P. G. C 91, 296 

Constitution of, to be amended only by 92, 93 

to be framed by Grand Lodge, and theory thereof, 535, 538 

to have but one Constitution 93 

cannot assume extra territorial jurisdiction 94, 375 

may be given by Supreme Lodge extra territorial jurisdiction. 94, 375 
should not insert provisions relative to regalia in their Consti- 
tutions 95, 325 

rules as to Uniform Divisions left to 96, 145 

how to submit hypothetical questions. ..97, 126, 127, 166, 376, 377 

how far may legislate concerning S.A.P.W 98, 146 

who eligible to election as Representative to 99, 286 

to furnish Journals and Constitution to Supreme Lodge ...100, 120 
to have Journals conform in size to Supreme Lodge Journals.. 100 
may try officers, and rules governing such trials. ..47, 101, 111, 

116, 258, 425 

when may vacate office at semi-annual session 102, 253 

when authorized to exercise summary power 103 

to determine who to receive Rank of P. C 104, 159, 290 

cannot install officers by proxy 105, 260 

when forfeits right to representation 106, 383, 572, 582 

P. C. Rank to be conferred in open 107, 291 

effect of incorporation of 108, 175 

must have charter in Lodge room 109, 178 

how to institute new Lodges 110, 150, 181 

annulling existence of 112 

power of, over the subject of benefits 34, 113 

when P. G. C. may install officers of 114, 262 

when Supreme Chancellor may suspend 115, 117, 362 

officers of, when entitled to vote 118, 263 

time of meeting of, matter of local concern 119, 164 

should always receive respectful protest 121 

should not mutilate officers' reports 122 

cannot assess P. Cs. to pay Grand Lodge expenses, etc 123, 295 

when cannot elect G. C. at special session 125 

should procure proper jewels 12S 

what legislation of Supreme Lodge binding on 133, 374 

what officers of, to sign charter, matter of local legislation.,163, 205 

when may punish Subordinate 182 

when would be justified in suspending Lodge 197 

to require Lodges to reinstate members in certain cases 243 

when authorized to issue Withdrawal Card to Page 268a, 464 

Password, when, how, and by whom given, etc 282 



ANALYTICAL INDEX. 161 

GRAND LODGES — (Continued). Sections. 

what credentials necessary to affiliate with 292 

who eligible to election as P. G. C. in 296, 297 

when cannot avoid rank of P. G. C 303 

cannot fill up complement of P. G. Cs. by election 306 

to issue all documents as of the proper Pythian Period 317, 318 

Eituals for use of, adopted 348 

Supreme Chancellor to retain Journal of 357 

Journals of, to be bound, and how disposed of 364 

to be notified of approval of Constitution by S. K. of P. & S... 373 

when forfeits its right to representation in Supreme Lodge 383 

may set aside certain portion of funds for building Hall 419 

when cannot compel renewal of Withdrawal Card 462 

card should not issue to member on trial in 468 

work of, how changed 470 

not to have legal standing except under Supreme Lodge 482 

subject to Representative tax to Supreme Lodge 494 

to be chartered by Supreme Lodge 498 

representation, entitled to, in Supreme Lodge 499 

how and when to select Representatives to Supreme Lodge 500 

how vacancy in office of Supreme Representative filled by 500 

when to be under supervision of Supreme Chancellor 504 

to what extent to be visited and instructed by Supreme Chan- 
cellor 506 

warrants of dispensation for new, granted by Supreme Chan- 
cellor, when 508 

may be instituted and officers installed by Deputy Supreme 

Chancellor, when 510 

may submit questions of law to Supreme Chancellor for 

decision, when 510 

charters of, prepared by S. K. of R. & S 514 

to be notified of meetings of Supreme Lodge..., 514 

mode of forming new Grand Lodge '..531-535 

petition for, by and to whom presented, and action on 532 

officers elected upon organization of 533 

by whom installed 585 

notice of organization, etc., to whom sent 535 

by virtue of, what authority exist 536 

obligations as to conforming to Ritual work, etc 536 

jurisdiction of, over Subordinates, etc., within their limits 542 

power and authority of 537 

to provide a Constitution for its Subordinates 538 

to be composed of only P. Cs., but may adopt Representative 

system 539 

officers of, how selected and terms of 533, 540 

charters of, for what revoked and suspended 541, 566-573 

charters of Subordinates, to be issued by 542 

to fix standard of fees for Subordinate Lodge Ranks 551 



162 ANALYTICAL INDEX. 

GRAND LODGES — (Continued). Sections 

may apply for dispensation to confer Ranks at reduced rates.... 551 

when may vacate Withdrawal Card 561 

when and for what may be suspended, etc 566-571 

1st, for improper conduct 567 

2d, for refusing, etc., to conform to Constitution, laws, etc. 568 

3d, for refusing, etc., to make returns and pay dues 569 

4th, for neglecting to hold meetings, etc., unless, etc 570 

5th, by membership falling below quorum 571 

to pay for supplies on order or delivery 573 

Representative tax to be paid by 582 

Regalia of, to be prescribed by Supreme Lodge 576 

may be instituted in foreign countries 581 

returns to be made by, when , 573, 582 

decisions of, etc., when and how may be reviewed by Supreme 

Lodge 583-588 

final and conclusive until reversed by Supreme Lodge 583 

when consent of, necessary to appeal from 585 

when consent of, not necessary to appeal from 585 

when may be reviewed on writ of error... 585 

when consent of, to appeal from, to be obtained 587 

under dispensation, how and when to obtain charter 589 

expenses of instituting, by whom paid 592 

seal of, Constitutional provision relating to 595 

to be provided with Supreme Lodge Journals and laws 596 

regalia of, regulations concerning 599, 600, 608-612 

may revoke charter,etc, and suspend Subordinate Lodge, when 613 

terms of, one year 614 

may regulate terms of Subordinates, how far 614 

supplies to, nature and price 617 

jewels, quality and price 619 

GRAND REPRESENTATIVE : 

who eligible to election as 99, 286 

proceedings by, in organization of new Grand Lodge 533 

regalia of, regulations concerning 610 

GRAND VICE CHANCELLOR: 

not entitled to P. G. C. honors 124, 255, 310 

to discharge duties of G. C, when 124, 125, 310 

regalia of, regulations concerning 599, 611, 612 

GRIEVANCES: Committee on, duties of (see Committees.) 

HAW ALLANS: 

not eligible to membership 225 

HELMET: 

specifications of, etc 434, 442 



ANALYTICAL INDEX. 163 

HOLDING OVER: Sections, 
ruling as to P. G. C, on reelection of G. C 311 

HONORS: 

Grand Chancellor filling vacancy entitled to - .......85, 302 

Grand Vice Chancellor not entitled to, of P. G. C 124, 255, 310 

how, of P. C. acquired in new Lodge 170, 201, 257, 287 

acquired under the " Plan " not to be forfeited.... 313, 314 

HYPOTHETICAL QUESTIONS : 

how submitted 97, 126, 127, 16G, 354, 376, 377 

INCORPORATION : 

of Grand or Subordinate Lodge, effect of 108, 175 

of Supreme Lodge, certificate of, etc , 473-487 

INITIATION : 

qualifications for, terms of, etc 551 

requisites of petition for, etc 552 

report of Committee and action of Lodge on 552 

when cannot be hadout of place of residence 179, 234, 557 

INSPECTION AND GALA DRESS: 

particulars of 436 

INSTALLATION : 

of Grand Lodge officers, when P. G. C. may officiate at 114 

cannot be done by proxy ....« , 105, 260 

of P. G. C. done without ceremony .., 307 

Ritual translated into German 345 

Ritual adopted 346 

work, how changed 470 

of officers of Subordinate Lodge, regulated 549 

of Supreme Lodge officers, when may take place in recess. 597 

INTENT: 

criminal, an element in every offence 252 

JEWELS : 

should be procured 128 

official, Past official and Knights 129 

except those adopted by Supreme Lodge, illegal 130 

must be procured from S. K. of R. & 8 131, 366 

when may be worn in public 132, 316 

when must accompany other regalia in Lodge 328, 427, 128 

power of Supreme Lodge over 491 

Constitutional provisions as to use of, as regalia 599-612 

quality and price of 619-624 



164 ANALYTICAL INDEX. 

JOURNALS : Sections, 

of Grand Lodge to be retained by S. C. and S.K. of R. & S..357, 364 
of Supreme Lodge, copies to be sent to Grand and Subordinate 

Lodges 514 

when to be taken as authority 579 

JURISDICTION : 

as to extra territorial 94 

of Supreme Lodge designated 488-498 

KEEPER OF RECORDS AND SEAL: 

when takes Rank of P. C 170, 287 

KNIGHT : 

design of badge for 59 

rosette and regalia to wear at funerals 75-77, 327 

jewel for, adopted, etc 129 

only authorized to receive S. A. P. W 277, 281 

"Sir " not to be used in designating .. 268d 

" charge " applicable to the conferring of this Rank 268e 

Amplified Rank of, to be conferred without books 203, 323 

Amplified Knights' Ritual adopted 337 

when may wear uniform in Lodge room 427, 428 

business of Lodge to be transacted in Rank of 546 

when may receive honors of P. C. and when P. G. C 590 

having Past Rank, withdrawing, should take Rank credential.. 593 

regalia of, regulations concerning 601, 612 

jewel of, quality and price * 623 

Memorial Chart of, quality and price 625 

LADIES : 

Lodges cannot be formed of 204, 242 

LANGUAGES : 

Ritual authorized to be translated into all 342 

LAWS AND LEGISLATION: 

for suspension of Grand Lodges 117 

of Supreme Lodge, when binding 133, 374, 577 

old Constitution and laws repealed 134, 385 

curative acts passed by Supreme Lodge 135-138 

power of Supreme Lodge in matter of 386-389, 497 

of Supreme Lodge, to be enforced by Supreme Chancellor 504 

Committee on Law and Supervision, duties of (see Committees.) 

of Grand and Subordinate Lodges, when void 577 

of Supreme Lodge, when to take effect 578, 579 

to be kept by Grand and Subordinate Lodges 596 



ANALYTICAL INDEX. 165 

LECTURER : Sections. 
appointment of, matter for local legislation 158 

LECTURES : 

in Rituals, how changed 470 

LETTER OF CREDIT: (See Traveling Shield.) 

LIFE INSURANCE: 

compulsory assessment for, illegal 139 

foreign to the avowed purposes of the Order 140 

LOCAL LEGISLATION: 

time of meeting of Grand Lodge, matter of 119, 164 

nomination and election of officers, matter of 119 

rights, duties, etc., of Past Chancellor, subject to 141, 285 

organization, etc., of Grand Lodge, subject to 90. 142 

questions as to meetings of Lodge, reinstatement of members, 
'duties of members as between themselves, forfeiting char- 
ters, etc.. matters of 143, 149, 155, 232, 240 

fixing fees for Ranks, matter of 144 

rules for Uniform Divisions left to 96, 145 

delinquency, that deprives of P. W., matter of 98, 146, 272 

payment of dues by Pages and Esquires, matter of 56 

fixing amount of dues and benefits, matter of ..57, 156 

refusing admission to elected candidate, matter of. .147, 167, 226, 227 
as to charging dues upon reinstatement of suspended members, 

matter of * 148 

institution of new Lodge under jurisdiction of Grand Lodge, 

matter of 110, 150, 151, 181, 187 

as to accepting rejected applicant, when matter of 152, 190 

benefits to family of suicide, matter of 29, 153 

organization, etc., of Relief Bureaus, matter of 154, 331 

regulating restoration of forfeited charter, matter of 157, 192 

appointment of Lecturers, matter of 158 

conceding Rank of P. C, matter of 159, 290 

calling of ayes and noes in Grand Lodge, matter of 15, 160 

as to names upon charter, matter of 161, 194 

levying tax by Subordinate Lodge, matter of 162, 202 

signing of charters, matter of 163, 205 

extent of, as to black balls necessary to reject candidate 594 

LODGES, SUBORDINATE : 

penalties for promoting raffles, etc 88, 165, 210, 318 

effect of incorporation of 106, 175 

institution of new, what subject to 110, 150, 151, 181, 187 

how to submit to Supreme Lodge hypothetical questions, 

97, 126, 127, 166, 376, 377 



166 ANALYTICAL INDEX. 

LODGES, SUBORDINATE — (Continued). Sections. 

should procure jewels 128 

what legislation of Supreme Lodge binding on 133, 374 

general affairs of, subject to local legislation 143 

under what circumstances may accept applicant rejected in 

another Lodge, etc 152, 189, 190 

regulating matter of names upon charter of 161, 194 

leving tax by, matter of local legislation 162, 202 

under what circumstances mav collect dues in advance... 24, 

54, 168, 274 

upon what terms may reinstate members 169 

when first officers of, take rank of P. C 170, 257, 287 

wdien may confer Ranks on member of another Lodge ... 171, 319 

when may reballot upon application for Ranks 172, 320 

which officers of, elected and which appointed 173, 256 

how Password taken up in visitations between 174, 275, 453 

who member on re-organization of 176, 233 

to obey official orders 177 

must have Charter in Lodge room 109, 178 

when may initiate stranger of another jurisdiction. ..179, 234, 557 

how to proceed with duties at institution of 180 

when competent to perform duties as a Lodge 180 

when subject to punishment by Grand Lodge 182 

when officer, etc., not required to give sign on retiring from 

or re-entering \S3, 261 

petition for new Lodge, by whom endorsed, etc 185, 186 

objections to new Lodge, by whom passed upon 185, 186 

who accepted as Charter member of 188 

effect of dropping name from petition for new 191 

restoring surrendered Charter, what subject to. ..." 157, 192 

when may select form of Ritual 193, 338 

conditions may be imposed on restoration of Charter 195, 196 

what would justify suspension of 197 

when cannot surrender Charter 198 

when may appoint Chaplain 199 

how Supreme Lodge, etc., to communicate with 200, 361, 395 

how P. C. Rank acquired in new Lodge 201, 288 

Lodge not to use Rituals in Amplified Rank 203, 323 

cannot be formed of minors, ladies or colored persons 204, 242 

members, in forming a new Lodge, must present withdrawal 

cards 206 

vouching not allowed in 207 

condition of ante-room of, on opening 208 

as to naming Lodges 209 

Grand Lodges to form constitutions for 210, 538, 543 

when member out on card may apply for membership in..215, 456 

membership in only one, at a time 235 

officers of, when may be nominated, etc 259, 548 



ANALYTICAL INDEX. 167 

LODGES, SUBORDIN ATE — (Continued). Sections. 

officers and trustees of, not to exceed instructions 263a 

Password to be used in, only in connection with Knights' 

Rank 277, 281 

members not in possession of P.W. to be excluded from 279 

who eligible to be elected to office of P. C. in 283 

officers and members of, prohibited copying Rituals 33-4 

to pass upon question of memorizing Ritual 335, 336 

under and by virtue of what authority exist 380 

cannot reconsider or rescind vote granting withdrawal card.... 457 

work of, how changed 470 

illegal, except chartered pursuant to Supreme Lodge law 482 

when to be chartered by Supreme Lodge 498 

when Supreme Lodge to provide constitution for 498 

when to be supervised by Supreme Chancellor 504 

to what extent subject to visitation, etc., by Supreme Chancel- 
lor 506 

warrants of dispensation for new, to be issued by Supreme 

Chancellor, when 507 

when officers of, to be installed by Deputy Supreme Chancellor 516 

when under immediate jurisdiction of Supreme Lodge 531 

what tax to pay to Supreme Lodge, and when 531, 582 

five in new jurisdiction may petition for Grand Lodge 532 

when under jurisdiction of Grand Lodges 536 

constitution of, when provided by Grand Lodges 538, 543 

by what authority exist 542 

charters of, to be issued by Grand Lodges 542 

constitutions of, obligatory rules to be incorporated in 543-565 

1st. Number of members to compose, and times of 

meeting of 544 

2d. Number of members to constitute a quorum, etc.... 545 

3d. Regulating the Ranks as to business, etc 546 

4th. Providing the officers, titles, etc 547 

5th. Regulating time for nomination of officers 548 

6th. Regulating installation of officers 549 

7th. Regulating filling of vacancies in office, honors, etc. 550 
8th. Regulating admissions to membership, qualifica- 
tions, terms, etc 551 

9th. Regulating applications for membership, report of 

committee and ballot, etc 552 

10th. Regulating ballot on application for membership... 553 

11th. Regulating time between conferring Ranks 554 

12th. Regulating admissions by card, report, ballot, etc... 555 
13th. Regulating withdrawal of propositions for mem- 
bership 556 

14th. Regulating method of admission of non-resident... "> :, 7 
15th. Regulating conferring of Ranks upon non-residenl 558 
16th. Requiring payment for Rank before conferring 559 



168 ANALYTICAL INDEX. 

LODGES, SUBORDINATE — (Continued). Sections. 

17th. Regulating applications for withdrawal cards, etc... 560 
18th. Regulating the revoking of withdrawal cards, etc... 561 

19th. Regulating renewal of lost or destroyed card 562 

20th. Providing for Lodge Seal and use thereof 563, 595 

21st. Regulating suspension of members for non-payment 

of dues. '. 564 

22d. Providing for payment of sick and funeral benefits 565 

when, how and for what may be suspended 566-571, 613 

1st. For improper conduct 567 

2d. For neglecting and refusing to conform to laws 568 

3d. For neglecting etc., to make returns and pay dues, 569 

4th. For neglecting to hold meetings, unless, etc 570 

5th. By membership falling below quorum 571 

to pay for supplies, on order or delivery 573 

regalia of, to be prescribed by Supreme Lodge 576 

may be established in foreign countries 581 

when to make returns and pay tax to Supreme Lodge 531, 582 

decisions, etc., of, when and how may be reviewed by Supreme 

Lodge 583, 584 

decisions, etc., final and conclusive until reversed 583 

when and how appeal may be taken from, to Supreme Lodge. 584 

may appeal to Supreme Lodge by consent of Grand Lodge 585 

may appeal to Supreme Lodge without consent, when 585 

expenses of instituting, by whom paid 592 

to be supplied with Supreme Lodge proceedings 596 

regalia of, regulations concerning 599-601, 607, 609, 611, 612 

terms of, how long 614 

supplies to, nature and price 618 

jewels, quality and price 620 

LOTTERIES: 

penalties for promoting 88, 165, 219, 249, 318 

MAIMED PERSON: 

Dispensation may issue to initiate 83, 89, 220-222, 355 

not to be suspended from membership 223 

MANUAL OF TACTICS: 

that may be used. 211 

when adopted, and character of 213 

declaration concerning 212 

MASTER AT ARMS: 

when authorized to take Pass Word in Ante Room 174, 275, 453 

MASTER OF EXCHEQUER: 

when takes Rank of P.C 170, 287 



ANALYTICAL INDEX. 169 

MASTER OF FINANCE: Sections. 

when takes Rank of P.O.. 170, 287 

MEETINGS : 

fixing times of, etc., matter for local legislation 119, 143, 164 

of Subordinate Lodge to be held each week, except, etc 544 

MEMBERS : 

curative act relative to, underage 138, 389 

regulating reinstatement of, matter of local legislation, 143, 

149, 155, 232 
regulating duties as between each other, matter of local legis- 
lation 143 

upon what terms may be reinstated in certain cases 169 

who not considered as, on reorganization of Lodge., 176 

when not required to give sign on retiring from or reentering 

Lodge 183, 261 

to be informed by Outer Guard as to Rank Lodge working in. 184 

joining new Lodge, must at institution present card 206 

in arrears to be notified 218 

suspended, when subject to dues 55, 148, 230 

promoting raffles, etc., subject to suspension 249, 318 

prohibited from copying Rituals 334 

only to wear uniform in connection with the Order 429 

one year in arrears, not under charges to be suspended 564 

regalia of, regulations concerning 599-612 

MEMBERSHIP: 

applicants for, not to be refunded fees 62, 231 

suspension from, for promoting raffles, etc 219, 318 

when admission to, by elected candidate may be refused, 

147, 167, 226, 227 

who to inspect ballot on application for < 214 

who to announce ballot on application for 16, 214 

member out on card, when may apply for 215, 456 

for what cannot be forfeited 19, 216 

when non-payment of dues suspends from 53, 217, 564 

suspension from, to be declared 21S 

how maimed person made eligible to S3, 89, 220-223 

maimed person not to be suspended from 223 

acquired by deposit of certificate, upheld 224 

Hawaiians not eligible to 225 

same ballot on application by card as by initiation 17, 228, 555 

how reinstated to, in certain cases 169, 229, 240, 241, 243 

when not continued on reorganization of Lodge 17(1, 233 

when may be acquired out of jurisdiction of residence, 170, 234, 557 

can only exist in one Subordinate Lodge at a time 235 

when application for, cannot be withdrawn 236, 556 



170 ANALYTICAL INDEX. 

MEMBERSHIP — (Continued). Sections. 

what ballot on application for, rejects 237, 553, 555 

ruling as to soliciting candidates for 238 

persons unable to write, not eligible to 239 

colored persons, ladies and minors not eligible to 204, 242 

effect of suspension for non-payment of dues 244 

Memorial Chart and Patent of, provided, etc 245-247 

official and authoritative evidence of 268 

qualifications for, as to age, color, sex, character, health, etc... 551 

applications for, to be accompanied with fee 551 

requisites of, and action on 552, 555 

ballot to be taken on 552, 553, 555 

how made by brother out on card 555 

ballot on application for, extent that Grand Lodges can 

legislate 594 

MEMORIAL CHART: 

to be furnished as other supplies 245, 365 

and Patent of Membership duly adopted 246 

recognition of all other, withdrawn 247 

quality and price of 625-627 

METROPOLITAN LODGE: 

Quebec, curative laws concerning 135, 386 

MILEAGE: 

when paid to Supreme Officers and Representatives, and 

amount 263d, 400, 404, 418, 574, 575 

account to be duly made out and indorsed by Committee, etc.. 524 
Committee on, duties of (see Committees.) 

MINORS : 

Lodges can not be composed of 204, 242 

MINUTES : 

of Supreme Lodge, when read and acted on 401, 634 

MORTUARY FUND: 

in nature of Life Insurance, when illegal 139 

MOTIONS: 

how presented in Supreme Lodge 402, 671 

how received and entertained, order of, etc 646, 649, 675 

NAME OF THE ORDER: 

not to be used for advertising purposes 248, 251 

of individuals living cannot be used for Lodges 209 

person unable to write his own, not eligible to membership ... 239 



ANALYTICAL INDEX. 171 

NEW LODGE: Sections. 

b}' whom petition for, endorsed, etc 185, 186 

objections to, by whom passed upon 186 

who to be accepted as charter members of 188 

effect of dropping name from petition for 191 

member joining must present Withdrawal Card 206 

when and how first officers of, acquire Past Rank 170, 201, 

257, 237, 288 

NON-RESIDENT : 

when may be initiated into the Order 179, 234, 557 

when may have Ranks conferred 558 

OBLIGATIONS : 

in Ritual, how changed 470 

ODES: 

power of Supreme Lodge over 490 

OFFENSES : 

promoting raffles, lotteries, etc., are 249, 318 

using the emblems of the Order for advertising 58, 250 

criminal intent an element in 252 

OFFICE : 

Chancellor Commander may resign 44 

when Grand Lodge may vacate at semi-annual session 102, 253 

when may be vacated, special case 253 

honors can be given to but one person for term 254 

honors of P. G. C. cannot be given to G. V. C 255, 310 

of Supreme Representative not to be forfeited without trial 408 

vacancy in, of Supreme Representative, how filled 500 

vacancy in Supreme Lodge, how filled 509 

eligibility to, in Supreme Lodge 502 

when in Supreme Lodge, may be declared vacant for absence. 597 

OFFICERS : 

rosette, to wear at funerals 79 

may be tried in Grand Lodge upon charges... 47, 101, 111, 116, 258 

when may be deprived of office 103 

cannot be installed by proxy 105, 260 

when P. G. C. may install, of Grand Lodge 114. 202 

suspension of Grand Lodge by Supreme Chancellor ..115, 117, 362 

of Grand Lodges when entitled to vote 118, 263 

nomination and election of, matter of local legislation 119 

reports should not be mutilated 122 

jewels for, and Past officers 129 

of Subordinate Lodge, which elected and which appointed.. 173, 256 
when first, of Lodge acquire Rank of P.C 170, 258, 287 



172 ANALYTICAL INDEX. 

OFFICERS — (Continued). Sections. 

when not required to give sign on retiring from or reentering 

Lodge 183, 261 

of Subordinate Lodge, when may be nominated 259, 548 

must not exceed instructions 263a 

of Supreme Lodge, how elected when but one candidate. ..263b, 

263c, 308, 399 

mileage t\ hen payable to Supreme Lodge 263d, 400, 404 

P.C., as an officer subject to fine 284 

prohibited from copying Rituals 334 

who to pass upon question of memorizing Ritual by 335, 3S6 

of Supreme Lodge, titles of, etc 479, 499 

vote entitled to in Supreme Lodge 500 

duties of, of Supreme Lodge 503-516 

of Supreme Lodge when removable by Supreme Chancellor... 509 

removed, may appeal to Supreme Lodge, when 509 

of Grand Lodge, elected upon organization 533 

by whom installed 535 

when and how selected, and terms of 540 

of Subordinate Lodges to be as laid down in Ritual 547 

nomination and installation of, regulated. ..548, 549 

officer in arrears not to be installed 549 

vacancy in, filled as originally, and officer so 

filling entitled to honors 550 

of Supreme Lodge when deprived of vote 572 

of Supreme Lodge, payable mileage and expenses .574, 575 

election of, particulars regulating 597 

regalia of, regulations concerning 599-612 

OFFICIAL ORDER: 

Subordinates to obey, when 177, 579 

OFFICIAL ORGAN: 

none recognized by Supreme Lodge 264 

OFFICIAL PAPERS, Etc.: 

to be attested by S. K. of R. & S 514 

OFFICIAL RECEIPT: 

should accompany order for S. A.P.W 265, 269 

only to be recognized as legal 265, 266, 269 

resolutions establishing, and form of 2C6, 267, 627a 

effect of, throughout the Order 268 

ORDER OF BUSINESS: 

of Supreme Lodge 630-643 



ANALYTICAL INDEX. 173 

OUTER GUARD: Sections. 

to inform members as to Rank in which Lodge is working 184 

PAGE, ESQUIRE AND KNIGHT: 

rosette and regaiia to wear at funerals.. ., 75-77, 327 

when may receive Ranks in Lodge not his own 171, 319 

when Page entitled to Withdrawal Card 268a, 461 

when Page and Esquire entitled to visit Lodge 268b 

cannot be invested with S. A. P.W 268c 

only Ranks recognized by Supreme Lodge 324 

Ranks to be conferred when open in same respectively 546 

regalia of, regulations concerning 601, 612 

PANTALOONS : 

description of, in uniform 440 

PARADE : 

general, Supreme Chancellor no power to order 358 

uniforms to be used in connection with 132, 316, 431 

dress, ordinary 437 

PASSWORD : 

how far Grand Lodges may legislate concerning 98, 146, 272 

to what time dues to be paid to entitle to 146, 272 

advance payment of dues, not to exclude from.... 24, 54, 168, 274 

how taken up in visitations between Lodges 174, 275, 453 

order for, should be accompanied by official receipt 265, 269 

not to be given Page and Esquire, but only to Knights... 26Sc, 281 

when Chancellor Commander to instruct in 41, 270 

Semi-Annual to be issued by Supreme Chancellor..., 271 

Supreme Chancellor may rescind 273, 356 

when may be used by member holding withdrawal card 276 

only to be used in connection with Knights' Rank 277 

when may be exacted by Chancellor Commander 278 

persons not in possession of, excluded, etc 279 

may be given to C. C. outside of Lodge Room 2S0 

of Grand Lodge, when changed and how, etc 282 

Supreme Lodge, power over 492, 580 

Supreme Chancellor, exclusive right over 580 

PAST CHANCELLORS: 

design of badge for 59 

rosette to wear at funerals 78 

where rank of, conferred 107, 291 

Grand Lodge to determine who to receive Rank of ... 101, 159, 290 

cannot ITe assessed to pay Grand Lodge expenses 123, 295 

rights, duties, etc., of, subject to local legislation 141, 285 



174 ANALYTICAL INDEX. 

PAST CHANCELLORS — (Continued). Sections. 

when first officers of Lodge take rank of 170, 257, 287 

how Rank of, acquired in new Lodge 201, 288 

who eligible to election to office of 283 

when member filling office of, subject to fine 64, 284 

when re elected C. C. entitled to Rank of 286 

sitting, on taking card entitled to Rank of 289 

Rank credentials should be issued to, upon his withdrawal 289 

who is a P. C, in full 293 

who was a P. C. under Provisional Supreme Lodge 294 

proceedings by, in forming new Grand Lodge 533 

Grand Lodges to be composed of, but rights, etc. of, may be 

limited by Grand Lodge 539 

Deputy Supreme Chancellor, when entitled to honors of 590 

when may be known and styled as Deputy Supreme Chancellor 591 

regalia of, regulations concerning 600, 601, 607, 609, 611, 612 

jewel of, quality and price 621 

memorial chart of, quality and price 626 



PAST GRAND CHANCELLOR: 

when may install officers of Grand Lodge 114. 262 

rank credentials necessary to obtain Rank 292, 305 

who not eligible to election as , 296, 297 

when member entitled to Rank of. ..298-300, 301, 302, 381, 405, 406 

rank of, how ordinarily acquired, etc 301 

Grand Chancellor filling vacancy entitled to Rank 302 

rank of, when not to be avoided 303 

at what time during session admitted to Supreme Lodge 304, 

384, 409, 633 

a reduction in number of, not to be filled by election 306 

installation of 307 

when cannot be admitted to Supreme Lodge 308, 390 

admitted without credentials in Supreme Lodge — special 

case 309, 393 

ruling under old law as to P. G. C. holding over 311 

when credentials to be sent to S. K. of R. and S 312, 417 

honors of, acquired under the so-called " Plan " not to be for- 
feited 313, 314 

when may be refused admission to Supreme Lodge 300, 381 

privileges in the Supreme Lodge 501 

eligible to run for office in Supreme Lodge 502 

register of, to be kept by S. K. of R, and S 514 

when created by constitutional enactments 534, 590 

when may be known and styled as Deputy Supreme Chancellor 591 

regalia of, regulations concerning 600, 607, 608, 612 

jewel of, quality and price 622 

memorial chart of, quality and price 627 



ANALYTICAL INDEX. 175 

PAST SUPREME CHANCELLOR: Sections. 

how office filled 315 

privileges in Supreme Lodge 500 

duties of officer known as 503 

regalia of, regulations concerning 599, 600, 602, 607, 612 

PENNSYLVANIA: 

curative acts passed relative to 136, 137, 387, 388 

Powers, when Grand Lodge may exercise summary 103 

PER DIEM : 

amount of, payable to officers and Supreme Representatives... 575 

"PLAN:" 

honors acquired under, not to be forfeited 313, 314 

PLUME : 

specifications and particulars 442 

POWERS : 

of Supreme Lodge designated 488-498, 537 

delegated to Grand Lodges 537 

PRELATE: 

flag for, adopted ." 65, 66 

when takes Rank of P. C 8 170, 287 

PRINTING : Committee on, duties of. (See committees.) 

PROCEEDINGS : 

of Supreme Lodge, when read and acted on 401 

compiled, to be kept by Grand and Subordinate Lodges 596 

PROCESSION : 

order of, at funerals 81 

PROTEST: 

respectful, should be received by Grand Lodge 121 

" PROVE : " 

this term applicable to conferring Esquire's Rank 268e 

PROVISIONAL SUPREME LODGE: 

who entitled to P. C. Rank under laws of 294 

PUBLIC PARADES:" 

when jewels may be worn in 132, 316, 431 

uniform to be worn in, collar not 316, 326 

PYTHIAN PERIOD: 

resolutions establishing 317, 318 

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176 ANALYTICAL INDEX. 

QUESTIONS : Sections, 

in what order entertained, effect of, etc 645, 649, 675 

QUESTIONS OF LAW: 

what, may be decided by Supreme Chancellor 510 

effect of decision of, by Supreme Chancellor 510 

RAFFLES: 

penalties for promoting 88, 165, 219, 249, 318 

RAIL ROAD FARE: 

S. K. of R. and S. to endeavor to procure reduction of 367 

RANKS: 

fees for, matter of local legislation , 144 

when may be conferred upon member of another Lodge — 

171, 319, 558 

when re-ballot may be had upon application for 172, 320 

terms applied to conferring Esquire and Knight Ranks 268e 

Credentials for Past Rank should accompany Withdrawal Card 

289, 2^2, 305, 461, 593 

penalties for refusing to proceed in 45, 321 

this title adopted in place of Degrees. 322 

number recognized by Supreme Lodge 324 

ruling as to placing Past Rank upon Card 461, 463 

business to be transacted in Knight's 546 

minimum fees for conferring 551 

time to elapse between conferring, etc 554 

when may be conferred upon non-resident 558 

only to be conferred on payment of fees 559 

REC EIPT : (see Official Receipt) . 

REINSTATEMENT: 

to membership 143, 149, 155, 169, 229, 232, 240, 241, 243 

RELIEF FUND : 

in nature of Life Insurance, illegal, when 139 

RELIEF BUREAUS : 

organization and management of, matter of local legislation — 

154, 331 
REGALIA : 

for Founder, etc., authorized , 71 

provisions as to, should not be inserted in Grand Lodge Consti- 
tution ' 95, 325 

collar, not to be worn in public 316, 326 

that may be worn at funerals 75, 327 

when Jewel to be worn with collar 328 



ANALYTICAL INDEX. 17/, 

REGALIA — (Continued). Sections. 

when Cap may be worn in Lodge 329, 430 

of Supreme Lodge, when adopted 330 

of Supreme Lodge, placed in charge of S.K. of R. and S 372 

for outside uses (see uniform) 

power of Supreme Lodge over 491, 576 

Constitutional provisions, regulating 599-612 

for Officers, Supreme, Grand and Subordinate 599, 612 

for Past Officers, Supreme, Grand, Subordinate. ..600, 607, 612 

for Knights 601, 607, 612 

of Supreme Lodge 602-607 

for Past Supreme Chancellor 602 

for Supreme Chancellor 603 

for Supreme Vice Chancellor 603 

for Supreme Prelate 605 

for remaining Supreme Officers 604 

for Supreme Representatives 606, 607 

of Grand Lodges 608-611 

for Past Grand Chancellors 608 

for Past Chancellor 609 

for all other Officers 611 

for Representatives 610 

of Subordinate Lodges 612 

RELIEF SHIELD : (See Traveling Shield). 

REPORTS: 

of Grand Lodge Officers, to be received as presented, when... 122 

to be printed before session 363, 371 

Supreme Chancellor to make annual 510, 635 

Supreme K. of R. and S., and S.M. of E., to make 513, 514, 636 

of Supreme Representatives, effect of 579 

REPRESENTATION : 

when forfeited in Supreme Lodge 106, 383 

RESOLUTIONS : 

how presented in Supreme Lodge 402, 671 

RETURNS: 

power of Supreme Lodge in providing for 495 

Committee on, duties of (see Committees). 

when to be forwarded Supreme Lodge 572, 5S1 

REVENUE: 

power of Supreme Lodge, in providing 404 

to be collected by the S. K. of R. & S., and paid to S.M. of E... 514 
provided by Supreme Lodge 573 



178 ANALYTICAL INDEX. 

RITUALS : Sections. 

Grand Chancellor not to control Subordinate 86, 336 

Subordinates may select form of, which will use 193, 338 

not used in Amplified Knights 203, 323 

when originally acted on by Supreme Lodge 332 

Subordinate, by whom and where kept 333 

no part of, to be copied 334 

who to pass upon question of memorizing 335, 336 

revised and amplified, when adopted, etc 337 

authorized to be translated into French 339 

also into Scandinavian. . 340 

atlso into Bohemian 341 

also into Spanish, Danish, Swedish and other languages... 342 

also into German 343, 345 

also re-translated into German 344 

installation, adopted 346 

for Supreme Lodge, adopted , ... 347, 403 

for use of Grand Lodges, adopted 348 

power of Supreme Lodge, over 490 

ROSETTE : 

to be worn at funerals 76-80 

RULES OF ORDER : 

of Supreme Lodge „ „ 628-676 

when and how amended 676 

SCANDINAVIAN : 

Ritual authorized to be translated into 340 

SCHEME OF CHANCE : 

penalties for promoting 88, 165, 219, 31S 

SEAL: 

of Supreme Lodge, copyrighting of, etc 349, 350, 351, 378, 379 

explanation of Supreme Lodge Seal 351 

of Supreme Chancellor, adopted 352, 359 

of Supreme, Grand and Subordinate Lodges, to be kept by 

S.K. of R. &S 514, 595 

provided for, for Grand and Subordinate Lodges .....563, 595 

SEATS: 

drawing for, in Supreme Lodge 397, 632 

SESSIONS: 

of Grand Lodge, matter for local legislation 119, 164 

special, of Supreme Lodge, how called 505 

of Supreme Lodge, when and where held 4S0, 517, 518 

SHIELD : (See Traveling Shield ; Withdrawal Card.) 



ANALYTICAL INDEX. 179 

SHOULDER STRAPS: Sections. 
particulars of 447 

SIGNS : 

when not to be given on retiring from or reentering Lodge 183 

"SIR:" 

not to be used as a prefix to Knight 268d 

SUICIDES : 

when families of, entitled to benefits 29, 153 

SPANISH : 

Ritual authorized to be transmitted into 342 

STATE OF THE ORDER : Committee on, duties of, (see Committees.) 

SUPERVISION: Committee on, duties of, (see Committees.) 

SUPPLIES : 

Jewels are part of 131 

Memorial Chart and Patent of Membership 245 

cash to accompany order for 353, 370 

detailed statement of, to be furnished by S. K. of R. & S 368 

power of Supreme Lodge, in matter of charges for 494 

price of, to be fixed in By-Laws, Supreme Lodge 573 

price of, to be paid on order, or delivery 596 

Supreme Lodge proceedings and laws, constitute part of.. 596 

definition of, by Supreme Lodge 616 

all, to be furnished by Supreme Lodge 616 

to Grand Lodges, nature and price of 617 

to Subordinates, nature and price of 618 

Jewels to Grand Lodge, quality and price 619 

to Subordinate Lodge, quality and price 620 

Past Chancellors, quality and price 621 

Past Grand Chancellors and D.D.G.C's 022 

Knights 623 

Memorial Charts. — 

Knights, Past Chancellors and P.G.C's 625, 627 

SUPREME CHANCELLOR: 

suspension of Grand Lodge and Grand Officers by 115, 362 

how hypothetical questions submitted to 97, 120, 166, 354, 376 

may grant dispensation to admit maimed person 222, 355 

to issue Semi-annual Password 271 

may rescind Semi-annual Password 273, 356 

to issue Grand Lodge Password, etc ... 282 

retiring, fills office of Past Supreme Chancellor 315 

Seal for use of, adopted 352, 359 



180 ANALYTICAL INDEX. 

SUPREME CHANCELLOR — (Continued). Sections. 

to retain Grand Lodge Journals 357, 364 

no power to order genera] parade 358 

to Commission Deputies 50, 360 

how to communicate with Subordinate Lodges 200, 361 

report of, to be printed before session 363 

duties and special prerogatives of 504-510 

to exercise rights of office as per usage, etc 504 

to have supervision over all Lodges 504 

to see that laws, etc., Supreme Lodge, are observed 504 

to see that dress, work, etc., are uniform 504 

to call special sessions of Supreme Lodge, etc 505 

to visit Lodges, etc., and give instructions 506 

to have charge of bonds, S.K. of R. & S., and S.M. of E... 506 
to grant warrants for new r Lodges, etc., and notify S.K. of 

R. & S. thereof 507, 508 

to manage Supreme Lodge contingent fund 509 

to remove and appoint officers, etc 509 

to appoint and commission Deputy Supreme Chancellors, 510 

to present report to Supreme Lodge of his acts 510 

to hear and decide questions of law, etc 510, 635 

committees to be appointed by 519, 632, 637, 672 

to refer appeals to proper committee 522 

proceedings by, on petition for new Grand Lodge 532-535 

to send notice of organization, and install officers of new Lodge, 535 

to approve Constitutions of Grand Lodges 538 

when may issue dispensation to confer Ranks for $6.00 551 

exclusive power over all Passwords, may rescind, etc 580 

may establish Order in foreign countries 581 

when may issue writ of error 5S5, 586 

regalia of, regulations concerning 599, 603, 607, 612 

SUPREME INNER GUARD: 

duties of 515 

regalia of, regulations concerning 599, 604, 607, 612 

SUPREME KEEPER OF RECORDS AND SEAL: 

all Jewels to be procured from... 131, 366 

Memorial Chart and Patent of Membership furnished by... 245, 365 

duties as to furnishing supplies. 353, 370 

report of, to be printed before session ,..363, 371 

when to have Grand Lodge Journals bound, etc 364 

to endeavor to procure reduction of fare on railroads for 

Supreme Representatives 367 

to furnish detailed statement of supplies 368 

to furnish detailed statement of expense account 369 

to have charge of regalia of Supreme Lodge 372 

to notify Grand Lodges of approval of Constitutions 373 



ANALYTICAL INDEX. 181 

SUPREME K. OF E. AND S — (Continued). Sections. 

bond of, to be given and remain in custody of Supreme 

Chancellor 506, 514 

duties of 514 

to keep record of proceedings, Supreme Lodge and Coun- 
cil 514 

to transmit Supreme Lodge proceedings to Grand Lodges, 514 
to collect revenues of Supreme Lodge, and pay to S.M. of E. 514 
to preserve archives, have seal and properties of Supreme 

Lodge, etc 514 

to prepare Charters for Grand Lodges 514 

to give notices as required of sessions of Supreme Lodge.. 514 

to conduct Supreme Lodge correspondence 514 

to keep a Register of all Lodges, etc 514 

to keep a Record of all P. G. C's., etc., entitled to seats in 

Supreme Lodge 514 

to attest all official papers, etc., and perform other requi- 
site duties 514 

to give notice to Grand Lodges of his office hours 514 

to present report to Supreme Lodge of condition of Order, 514 
to keep in office copies of Grand and Subordinate Lodge 

Seals 514, 636 

to submit quarterly trial balance to Supreme Chancellor, 514 

to submit full report of accounts to Supreme Lodge 514 

to be furnished with an office and have office hours 514 

may provide himself at expense of Sup. Lodge with books, etc. 514 

compensation of, and when payable 514 

office of, to be declared vacant for failure to give bond 514 

accounts to be examined by Finance Committee 521 

notice to be given by, on application for new Grand Lodge 532 

to report on Representatives 7 Certificates 631 

SUPREME LODGE: 

when Grand Lodge forfeits right to representation in 106, 

383, 572, 5S2 

to have Journals and Constitution of Grand Lodges 100, 120 

how hypothetical questions submitted to, 97, 126, 127, 166, 376, 377 

should procure jewels 128 

what laws and legislation binding 133, 374 

old Constitution and laws repealed 134^ 385 

curative acts passed by 135-138, 386-389 

how to communicate with Subordinate Lodge 200, 361, 395 

members reinstated by order of 243 

how officers elected when but one candidate...263b, 263c, 398, 399 
when officers and representatives entitled to mileage 263d, 

400, 404, 41 S 
does not recognize any paper as its official organ 264 



182 ANALYTICAL INDEX. 

SUPREME LODGE — (Continued). Sections. 

when may exclude person prima facie entitled to admission ... 

300, 381, 382 
at what time during session of, members admitted to..304, 384, 409 

when P. G. C. cannot be admitted to 308, 390 

when P. G. C. can be admitted to sessions of 501 

P. G. C. admitted in, without credentials, special case 309, 393 

to issue all official documents as of the proper Pythian period, 

317, 318 

number of Ranks recognized by 324 

regalia of, when adopted 330 

acted on Rituals originally, when 332 

Ritual, adopted 347, 403 

adoption and copyrighting of seal of 349-351, 378, 379 

detailed statement of supplies to be furnished to 368 

detailed statement of expense account to be furnished to 369 

regalia of, placed in charge of S. K. of R. and S 372 

may surrender jurisdiction temporarily, when 94, 375 

is the head of the Order 380 

Representatives conceded privileges in 391, 392, 412, 413 

Representative admitted on telegram 394, 414 

alternate Representatives not received in 396, 416 

drawing for seats in 397 

when minutes read and acted on 401 

how resolutions, etc., presented in 402 

who eligible to election as Representative to 405, 406 

case in which appointed Representatives were admitted to 410 

Representatives to, to be elected, see exception 411 

number of, qualifications, etc 499, 500 

from new Grand Lodge, created P. G. C.'s 534 

Representatives from Grand Lodge instituted in place of sus- 
pended Grand Lodge admitted to 415 

work of, how changed 470 

incorporation of, certificate, etc 473-487 

proper name of 475, 476 

how composed 477, 499 

who compose the Board of Trustees of 478 

Officers of, who compose 479, 499 

qualifications of 502 

election of, provisions regulating 597, 673 

Traveling Shields, only to be procured from 598 

when and how may revoke dispensation and suspend Subor- 
dinate Lodge 566, 570, 613 

terms of, two years 614 

Constitution, how amended or altered 615 

By-laws contain the nature, quality and price of supplies ..616-627 

Rules of Order of 628-676 

how opened, and Order of Business of 629-643 



ANALYTICAL INDEX. 183 

SUPREME LODGE — (Continued). Sections 

closed, when and how 643 

sessions, annual and special of, when and where held 480 

quorum for transacting business of 481, 517, 518, 572 

power of, over laws and work of the Order 482, 497 

powers of — the source of all authority in the Order, etc 488 

to establish, etc., all forms, ceremonies and work 489 

to furnish all Rituals, forms, ceremonies, cards, odes, 

charts and certificates 490 

to prescribe regalia, emblems, jewels, charts and 

uniform 491, 576 

to provide for emanation, etc., of password, manner 

of use, etc 492 

to establish the Order in States, etc., where not 

engrafted 493 

to provide revenue by Representative tax, etc 494 

to provide for returns from Grand and Subordinate 

Lodges 495 

to hear and determine appeals, etc 496 

to enact general laws, etc., and those necessary to 

enforce its legitimate authority 497 

to charter Grand Lodges, etc., and certain Subordi- 
nates, and to provide Constitution for its own 

Subordinates 49S 

eligibility to office in 502 

Officers of, duties of 503-516 

Past Supreme Chancellor, duties of 503 

Supreme Chancellor, duties and prerogatives of ...504-510 

Supreme Vice Chancellor, duties of 511 

Supreme Prelate, duties of 512 

Supreme Master of Exchequer, duties of 513 

Supreme Keeper of Records and Seal, duties of 514 

Supreme Master-at-Arins, Inner Guard and Outer 

Guard, duties of 515 

Deputy Supreme Chancellor, duties of 516 

special sessions of, to be called by Supreme Chancellor 505 

proceedings, record of, to be kept by S. K. of R. and S 514 

copies of, to be sent to Grand and Subordinate Lodges 514 

archives, seal, book, papers and properties, by whom kept 514 

to refer appeals to proper Committee 522 

when to have control of Subordinate Lodges 531 

reserves right to resume power, when, etc 537 

authorized to approve Constitutions of Grand Lodges 

quorum in, a majority of Grand Lodges constitute 572 

returns and tax, when to be sent to 572 

to pay mileage and expenses of Officers and Representatives- 

574, 575 
tax, Representative to be paid Supreme Lodge 573 



184 ANALYTICAL INDEX. 

SUPREME LODGE — (Continued). Sections. 

Constitution and By-Laws of, obligatory 577 

laws of, etc., when to take effect 578, 579 

court of last resort in cases of appeal and writs of error 583 

decisions of lower tribunals conclusive until reversed by 5S3 

when and how appeal may be taken to, from action of Subor- 

ordinate Lodge 584 

when appeal may be taken from action of Grand Lodge 585 

when may review action of Grand Lodge on writ of error...... 585 

when may order writ of error to issue 586 

at what session to entertain appeals and writs of error 587 

may legislate concerning appeals and writs of error 588 

when may issue charter for Grand Lodge 589 

vacancy in office of, may be declared for absence, when 597 

SUPREME MASTER AT ARMS: 

duties of 515 

regalia of, regulations concerning 593, 604, 607, 612 

SUPREME MASTER OF EXCHEQUER: 

bond of, to be in custody of Supreme Chancellor 506 

duties of 513 

to render quarterly statement of funds on hand to 

Supreme Chancellor 513 

to render full account to Supreme Lodge 513, 636 

to pay all orders properly drawn on him 513 

to give bond, etc., penalty for not giving bond 513 

accounts to be examined by Finance Committee 521 

regalia of, regulations concerning 599, 604, 607, 612 

SUPREME OUTER GUARD: 

duties of 515 

regalia of, regulations concerning 599, 604, 607, 612 

SUPREME PRELATE: 

duties of 512 

regalia of, regulations concerning 599, 605, 607, 012 

SUPREME REPRESENTATIVE : 

when entitled to mileage 263d, 400, 404, 418 

at what time of session admitted to Supreme Lodge, 304, 384, 

409, 633 

credentials of, when to be sent to S. K. of R. and S.. 312, 417 

conceded privileges in Supreme Lodge 391, 392, 412, 413 

admitted on telegram 394, 414 

alternate, not received in Supreme Lodge 396, 416 

drawing for seats in Supreme Lodge 397 

who eligible to election as 405, 406, 500 



ANALYTICAL INDEX. 185 

SUPREME REPRESENTATIVE — (Continued). Sections. 

terms of, when commence and when end 407 

constitutional provision regulating 500 

not to be deprived of seat without trial 408 

case in which appointed, were admitted to Supreme Lodge 410 

to be elected, except under certain circumstances 411 

admitted from Grand Lodge instituted in place of one sus- 
pended 415 

number each Grand Lodge entitled to 499 

when and how elected 500, 534 

vacancy in office of, how filled 500 

entitled to one vote in Supreme Lodge 500 

qualifications of 405, 406, 500 

register of, to be kept by S. K. of R. and S 514 

when deprived of right to vote in Supreme Lodge 572 

tax to be paid on account of 573 

mileage and expenses of, to be paid 574, 575 

reports of, effect of 579 

regalia of, regulations concerning 606, 607, 612 

SUPREME VICE CHANCELLOR: 

duties of, when may act as Supreme Chancellor 511 

regalia of, regulations concerning 599, 603, 607, 612 

SUSPENSION : 

from membership 217, 218, 219, 249, 518 

maimed person not to be subject to 223 

effect of, for non-payment of dues 244 

SWEDISH : 

Ritual authorized to be translated into 342 

SWORD : 

particulars of 445 

TACTICS : 

manual of, that may be used 211 

declaration relative to manual of , 212 

manual of, when adopted, etc, 213 

TAXATION: 

when may be resorted to by Subordinate Lodge 162, 202 

of P. C.s by Grand Lodge to pay expenses 123, 295 

when is allowable for Castle building 419 

power of Supreme Lodge in matter of Representative 494 

amount of, from certain Subordinate Lodges to Supreme Lodge, 531 

when tax to be forwarded to Supreme Lodge 572. :,s _ 

amount of Representative 573 



186 ANALYTICAL INDEX. 

TELEGEAM : Sections. 

Representative admitted on 394, 414 

TERMS: 

of Supreme Representatives 407 

of Supreme, Grand and Subordinate Lodges 614 

TRAVELING SHIELD: 

dues to be paid on receipt of 420 

only regarded as letters of credit, etc 421 

cannot issue to member holding withdrawal card 422, 465 

when originally adopted, etc 423 

to be procured from Supreme Lodge 498 

to be issued by, and through whom 498 

TRIAL BALANCE: 

quarterly, to be submitted by S. K. of R. and S 514 

TRIALS: 

Grand Lodge may conduct, when 47, 101, 111, 116, 425 

should always be had before member's rights forfeited 424 

how to be conducted in Grand Lodge 101, 425, 426 

TRUSTEES : 

must not exceed instructions 263a 

of Supreme Lodge, etc 478 

UNIFORM DIVISIONS: 

government of 96, 145 

UNIFORMS: 

to be worn in public parades 316, 431 

when may be worn in Lodge 427, 428 

only to be worn in connection with the Order 429 

adoption of, for outside uses 432, 433 

specifications of different portions of 435-44S 

not compulsory to procure 449 

Supreme Lodge, power over 491 

constitutional provisions concerning 599-601, 607, 611, 612 

UNWRITTEN WORK: Committee on, duties of. (See committees.) 

VACANCY: 

in office of P.C., how filled 283 

G.C. filling, entitled to honors 302 

in number of P.G.C.'s, not to be filled by election 306 

in office of Supreme Representative, or other office, how filled 

500, 509 
in Subordinate Lodge office, how filled 550 



ANALYTICAL INDEX. 187 

VICE CHANCELLOR : Sections. 

flag for, adopted ~ 65, 68 

when takes Rank of P.C 170, 287 

to inspect ballot for membership 16, 214, 45o 

who eligible to office of 451 

VISITATIONS : 

how Password taken up in case of, between Lodges... 174, 275, 453 
when may be made by member holding Withdrawal Card, 

276, 455, 467 

must not be interfered with 452 

cannot be made on Withdrawal Card 454, 466 

rights of Supreme Chancellor, in making 506 

VOTES AND VOTING: 

Officers of Grand Lodge, when entitled to vote 118, 263 

when on motion may be cast by one person... 263b, 263c, 398, 399 
granting Withdrawal Card cannot be reconsidered or rescinded 457 

entitled to be cast in Supreme Lodge 500 

when Officers and Supreme Representatives deprived of vote.. 572 

requisite to change Constitution and Work 615 

how to be taken in Supreme Lodge 646-669 

VOUCHING : 

for members, not allowed 207 

WARRANTS OF DISPENSATION : 

for new Lodges, when issued by Supreme Chancellor 507, 508 

register of, to be kept by S.K. of R. and S 514 

WASHINGTON MONUMENT : 

funds to aid, Order may appropriate 74 

WITHDRAWAL CARD : 

member holding, when may apply for membership 215, 456 

when Page entitled to 268a, 464 

S.A.P.W. for term, may be used by member holding..27(>, 455, 467 

to P.C, should be accompanied with Rank Credentials 289, 461 

member holding, cannot have Traveling Shield 422, 465 

must not be used for visitation purposes 454, 466 

vote granting, cannot be reconsidered or rescinded 457 

good until revoked or deposited 458 

not limited to one year 4f 9 

Rank of member to be stated in 460 

insufficiency of, as Rank Credential 461, 593 

when Grand Lodge cannot compel renewal of 4<i2 

ruling, as to placing Past Rank upon 463 



188 ANALYTICAL INDEX. 

WITHDRAWAL CARD — (Continued). Sections. 

should not issue to member on trial in Grand Lodge 468 

when to be recalled, revoked, vacated, or annulled 469, 561 

power of Supreme Lodge over 490 

lost or accidentally destroyed may be renewed. 555, 562 

when, how, and upon what terms granted 560 

WORK, WRITTEN AND UNWRITTEN: 

appointment of Lecturer to instruct in, etc 158 

what cannot be changed, except, etc 470 

when may be given outside of Lodge room 471 

diagrams of, prepared by Supreme Lodge 472 

Supreme Lodge, power over 489 

of the Order to be uniform 504 

written, wiiat comprised in 526 

committees on, duties of. (See committees.) 

"sets" of, and payment for, provided 596 

constitutional provisions as to changing, etc 615 

WRITE : 

person unable to write name, not eligible to membership 239 

WRIT OF ERROR: 

passed upon by Supreme Lodge as court of last resort 583 

action of lower tribunal tinal until reversed on appeal or 583 

in what cases action of Lodges may be reviewed on 585 

when, and how, and by whom may be issued 586 

when to be presented to and entertained by Supreme Lodge... 587 
power of Supreme Lodge to legislate concerning 588 

WRITTEN WORK: Committee on, duties of. (See committees.) 

YEAS AND NAYS: 

how taken in Supreme Lodge 645 

calling of, in Grand Lodge 15 



